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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LEE
FAMILY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON JAR
INCENSE BURNER AND COVER TRIPOD CENSER YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The heavily potted jar is carved with four panels,
The screen-shaped cover is decorated in relief with The censer is raised on three animal-mask feet and including peony, chrysanthemum, camellia and
a seated qilin on one side and an embracing couple the sides are incised with 'cash' pattern between foliate scroll, all above a band of narrow petals
on the reverse. The oval base is carved on the sides two bands of applied florets below two rope-twist and below a saw-tooth band on the neck, and is
with the Eight Trigrams (bagua). handles at the rim. The censer is covered with a covered overall with a glaze of pale sea-green tone.
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high thick glaze of soft sea-green color except for an 12 in. (35 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
area in the center of the interior which was left in
the biscuit and impressed with a flower spray.
$4,000-6,000 $15,000-25,000
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across handles, reticulated silver
cover, Japanese double wood box
伊利諾州芝加哥李氏家族珍藏
元 龍泉青釉開光花卉紋罐
明 龍泉青釉麒麟送子蓋爐 $7,000-9,000

明 龍泉青釉刻錢紋三足爐

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