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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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