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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's
Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 506
A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON- GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, YUAN DYNASTY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD
A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE
YUAN DYNASTY
元 龍泉窰青釉纏枝牡丹紋大瓶
rising to a tall neck and trumpet mouth, the ovoid body molded with a wide frieze of blossoms borne on undulating scrolling vines
above a band of narrow, upright leaves, the neck with further blossoms beneath a series of concentric rings encircling the mouth,
all under an unctuous celadon-green glaze
Height 25¼ in., 64.1 cm
Catalogue Note
Compare a similar vase with similar floral decoration to the bulbous middle section, attributed to the Yuan dynasty, now preserved
in the Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot, included in the exhibition, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western
Asia, 1256 – 1353, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, cat. no. 194.
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