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8240 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED OVOID VASE
15th/16th century 8241
Heavily potted and finely incised on the body with a diaper ground A LONGQUAN CELADON JARLET AND COVER
containing florets, all above vertical incisions at the foot and below a Ming Dynasty
band of circles containing blossoms at the shoulder and incised floral Molded with a circular rim and eight faceted walls to the body
scrolls beneath the lipped rim, the exterior, interior and base all covered of inverted pear form, each carved with a lei-wen reserve above
with a rich green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the recesses, the descending and ascending leaves visible beneath the olive green glaze
greyish biscuit foot burnt to an orange color, wood stand. applied to all surfaces except the foot ring and lip, the octagonal cover
14 3/8in (36.5cm) high incised with scroll work below a lotus bud finial and partially covered
with glaze.
$5,000 - 7,000 3 3/4in (9.5cm) high

十五/十六世紀 龍 $2,000 - 3,000

A closely related Longquan olive-shaped vase dated to the 16th 明龍 青
century in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, with similar incised
florets within a geometric grid, but with applied mask-and-ring handles,
is illustrated in Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei,
2011, no. 89.

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