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                    A CARVED ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON
                    VASE
                    YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY

                    decorated with two large lotus blossoms on a
                    continuous leafy meander between bands of
                    lotus-lappets, all under a semi-translucent olive-
                    green glaze, Japanese wood box (3)
                    Height 9½ in., 24.1 cm

                    PROVENANCE
                    Christie’s Hong Kong, 19th January 1988, lot 251.

                    $ 4,000-6,000

                    1988 1 19                  251

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                                                                                                       PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
                                                                                                       PETER M. GREINER

                                                                           A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED
                                                                           ‘TWIN FISH’ DISH
                                                                           SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

                                                                                                 the shallow rounded sides rising to a broad
               109 everted rim, the interior applied with a pair of

                                                                                                 sprig-molded scaly sh swimming in opposite
                                                                                                 directions, the exterior carved with lotus petals
                                                                                                 radiating upwards from the foot, all under a semi-
                                                                                                 transparent and sea-green glaze stopping above
                                                                                                 the foot rim
                                                                                                 Diameter 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm

                                                                                                       PROVENANCE

                                                                                                 Collection of Mrs. A. Kok-Viersen.
                                                                                                 Sotheby’s London, 28th May 1974, lot 192.

                                                                                           $ 5,000-7,000

                    A Kok Viersen              192
                                    1974 5 28

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