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894 A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON VASE, 明ǭ十Ն世紀ǭ龍泉窯青釉㏘耳壺
HU
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY Ϝ源
藍理捷
紐約
編號
Of pear shape, the vase is molded with a pair of lug handles
that flank the neck and is raised on a tall splayed foot. It is covered
overall with a crackled olive-green glaze that ends above the
foot rim.
9Ω in. (24.1 cm.) high, Japanese lacquered wood box
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4732.

The simple, elegant shape of this vase, with no carved decoration,
is rare. A Longquan celadon pear-shaped bottle vase with similar
hollow tubular handles and wide foot rim, incised with a Xuande
(1426-1435) reign mark on the recessed base, in the Freer Gallery
of Art, is illustrated in The World’s Great Collections: Oriental
Ceramics, vol. 9, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Tokyo,
1981, pl. 81.

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