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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON
‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The vase is freely carved on the tapering
body with lotus scroll above a petal-lappet
border. The tall, fared cylindrical neck is
carved with additional lotus scroll beneath
raised ribs on the trumpet-form mouth. The
vase is covered overall with a glaze of pale
olive-green color.
16¿ in. (41 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese
double wood box
$10,000-12,000
A similar Longquan celadon vase, but carved
with plantain leaves on the neck rather than
lotus scroll, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28
May 2014, lot 3406.
明十四/十五世紀
龍泉窯青釉刻蓮紋鳳尾尊
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