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2354
A LONGQUAN CELADON PHOENIX-TAIL
VASE
LATE YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, EARLY TO
MID-14TH CENTURY

The body is carved with a band of leafy
peonies above a bow-string border and a
lower band of upright petals, and the waisted
neck is carved with concentric rings, all
under a glaze of sea-green color. The inside
of the foot and deeply recessed base are
similarly glazed.
14Ω in. (37. cm.) high, Japanese wood box

$8,000-12,000

元末/明初
龍泉窯青釉刻牡丹紋鳳尾尊

2355
A LONGQUAN CELADON LIANZI BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

The bowl has deep rounded sides and is
freely carved in the interior with peony,
loquat and chrysanthemum. The exterior is
carved with two bands of upright lotus petals
below a band of foral scroll. The whole is
covered with a glaze of soft olive-green color
that continues over the foot onto the base
where there is an unglazed ring burnt orange
in the fring.
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) diam., lacquer cover,
Japanese Edo period wood box

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the prominent art dealer
Ikedo Kozando, Osaka, early 20th century.
明十五世紀 龍泉窯青釉蓮子盌

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