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八 8. Longquan celadon two-handled pear-shaped bottle vase, each side moulded with a ruyi-head medallion, one with fu and
one with shou-character between leafy branches of flowering camellia, one issuing from waves, the other from rockwork,
龍 all between key-fret bands on the neck and everted foot, the upright rim in the form of an open flowerhead, above two
泉 stylised elephant-head and ring handles.
青 20.2cm high.
釉 Yuan dynasty, 1280-1368.
福 Old Japanese wood box and silk holder.
壽 • Formerly in a Japanese private collection.
紋 • A similar vase, with a plain foliate rim, is illustrated by William Willetts, Christopher Hooi and S. R. Parker in
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耳 Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in South East Asia, no. 248, pl. 204, pp.252/3; another, with openwork
銜 sides, is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (I), no. 1605,
環 pp. 4/5.
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