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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED
‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
Circa 1435-1460
Of elegant baluster form, the body moulded with
narrow vertical ribs above the foot, the central
band with floral scrolls beneath a horizontal rib, the
shoulder with further densely scrolling foliate scrolls,
the neck with upright plantain-leaf lappets beneath
four ribs below the flaring rim, all covered with a rich
olive-green glaze.
61.2cm (24 1/8in) high

£6,000 - 10,000
CNY53,000 - 89,000

約1435至1460年 龍泉窯青釉刻花卉紋鳳尾尊

Provenance: an English private collection, and
thence by descent

來源： 英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare a similar but slightly larger, vase dated by
inscription to 1454, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogue
of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of
Chinese Art Section 7, London, 1997, p.35, no.238.
The inscription states that the vase was ‘respectfully
offered to the local temple to be placed before the
Buddha, with a prayer for long-life’, suggesting that
vases such as the present lot would have been
considered worthy temple gifts. See also another
similar vase illustrated in The Multiplicity of Simplicity:
Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan
Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, no.76.

Compare with a related Longquan celadon-glazed
phoenix-tail vase, circa 1435-1460, in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Tsai Mei-fen,
Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty,
Taipei, 2009, pl.80.

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