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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON MEIPING As utilitarian vessels, extant undecorated Longquan meiping from
Ming dynasty the early Ming dynasty are relatively rare. The tapering neck of this
Potted with thick walls, the rounded shoulders swelling then tapering example, indicates that it would have had a cover similar to the
towards the recessed foot with a neatly trimmed edge, surmounted example from the the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, and sold at
by a short neck tapering towards the rolled-rimmed-mouth, covered Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3104. Another example
overall in a green glaze except for the unglazed foot rim edge burnt with a cover dated to the Yuan or early Ming dynasty is illustrated
orange in the firing. in Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth
14in (35.5cm) high Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 125.
US$6,000 - 8,000 Three slightly larger examples in the collection of the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, one with its cover, are illustrated in Green Longquan
Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009, cat. nos 65, 66 and 67. A
明 龍泉窰青釉梅瓶 15th century example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011,
lot 3815; and another dated early 15th century was sold at Sotheby’s
London, 10th October 2004, lot 561.
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