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VARIOUS PROPERTIES (another view)
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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON JAR, GUAN
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The globular body is carved with four large ogival cartouches
separated by different scrolling fower stems and enclosing four
characters, mei jiu qing xiang (‘excellent wine, clear and fragrant’), all
above a band of upright petals, and covered with a glaze of olive-
green color which also covers the interior, except for the center of the
bottom, as well as the recessed, convex base, the mouth and foot rims
unglazed and burnt orange in the fring.
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Japan, since the late 19th-early 20th century.
A similar jar from the Tsui Museum of Art, but covered in a glaze of paler
sea-green color, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot
1489.
明十五/十六世紀 龍泉窯青釉「美酒清香」罐
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