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十 10. Longquan celadon wine pot and cover, carved on the globular body with flowerheads on a continuous leafy scrolling
branch above lappets at the foot, the gate-form handle decorated on each side with a continuous branch of lingzhi
龍 scrolls supported with ‘s’-shape struts, the rectangular short curved spout decorated with scrolls, the domed cover incised
泉 with bands of scrolls, triangular diaper and leaf-form lappets, all beneath a bud finial.
青 22.3cm high.
釉 Early Ming dynasty, 14/15th century.
刻 Old Japanese wood box.
花 • Formerly in the collection of the Nobehara family, Osaka, Japan.
卉 • A slightly later example without a cover is illustrated by William Willetts, Christopher Hooi and S. R. Parker in
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酒 Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in South East Asia, no. 250, pl. 206, pp. 254/5.
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