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GRANDE VASO YENYEN IN PORCELLANA CELADON LONGQUAN, CINA, INIZIO DINASTIA MING (1368-1644) GRANDE VASO YENYEN IN PORCELLANA CELADON LONGQUAN, CINA, INIZIO DINASTIA MING (1368-1644)

A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON YENYEN VASE, CHINA, EARLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON YENYEN VASE, CHINA, EARLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The heavily potted vase has a rounded upper body covered with a bright glaze and well carved with peony roundels The heavily potted vase has an ovoid upper body rising from a short foot, the vase is well carved in relief with a
on the trellis ground, the tall trumpet-shaped neck is carved with a trellis-diaper ground, above a band of stylised lotus continuous design of three leafy peony, each with large flowers and over all with leafy foliage above a band of vertical
petals. The mouth rim reduced, from the mouth rim a long Y-shaped vertical long crack, glaze crackles, slightly lining, lotus foliate. The trumpet-shaped neck is carved with further peonies spray on the underside of the flaring mouth rim,
minor firing imperfections. the foot that has burnt orange-brown in the firing. In very good conditions, minor firing imperfections, glaze crackles
and minor colour gap on the neck at junction level, typical of this period.
55,5 cm high, 22,5 cm wide
62,5 cm. high, 22 cm wide
€ 1.000 - 1.500
€ 5.000 - 7.000
Provenance: from the private collection of an Italian noble Lady, bought at Perotto Antichità – Milan, (label), already Sotheby’s
London 10 December 1991 lot 161 Provenance: from the private collection of an Italian noble Lady, bought at Perotto Antichità – Milan (label), already Sotheby’s
London, 8 June 1993, lot 45

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