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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON- A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON- An English private collection, and thence by
GLAZED JAR, GUAN GLAZED ‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE descent
14th century Early Ming Dynasty, circa 1435-1460
Carved to the exterior with three large Of elegant baluster form, the body moulded Compare a similar but slightly larger vase,
flowerheads above a band of leaf-form with narrow vertical ribs above the foot, dated by inscription to 1454, illustrated in
lappets, covered in a rich jade-hued glaze. the central band with floral scrolls beneath Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in
29cm (11 3/8in) wide a horizontal rib, the shoulder with further the Percival David Foundation of Chinese
densely scrolling foliate scrolls, the neck with Art Section 7, London, 1997, p.35, no.238.
£5,000 - 8,000 upright plantain-leaf lappets beneath four ribs The inscription states that the vase was
‘respectfully offered to the local temple to
CNY44,000 - 71,000 below the flaring rim, all covered with a rich be placed before the Buddha, with a prayer
HK$55,000 - 88,000 olive-green glaze. 61.2cm (24 1/8in) high for long-life’, suggesting that vases such as
Provenance £3,000 - 5,000 the present lot would have been considered
worthy temple gifts. See also another similar
A Japanese Private collection. CNY27,000 - 44,000 vase illustrated in The Multiplicity of Simplicity:
HK$33,000 - 55,000 Monochrome Wares from the Song to the
For a similar jar see R. Krahl, Chinese Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, no.76.
Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum,
vol. I, no. 541, p. 372; and another smaller Compare with a related Longquan celadon-
jar, Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National glazed phoenix-tail vase, circa 1435-1460,
Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, 1990, no. 481, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
p. 123. illustrated by Tsai Mei-fen, Green-Longquan
Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009,
pl.80.

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