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A LARGE CARVED ‘LONGQUAN’ PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
CELADON-GLAZED OCTAGONAL COLLECTION
DISH A RARE ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-
MING DYNASTY GLAZED ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’
sturdily potted with the shallow rounded sides VASE
rising from a short, tapered foot to an everted YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY
rim, the center fluently carved with a large lotus
spray, surrounded by eight panels of alternating the pear-shaped body rising from a rounded
lingzhi and flower sprigs, covered overall with foot to a waisted neck with a flaring scalloped
a lustrous translucent bluish-green glaze, rim, the neck flanked by a pair of ribbed
save for the base left unglazed revealing the loop handles issuing from beast masks and
stoneware body burnt to a dark orange suspending fixed rings, one side of the body
Width 13⅞ in., 35.3 cm molded with a pair of sinuous fish-dragons
diving toward a floating lotus blossom, the
PROVENANCE opposite side similarly molded but with a pair
Mathias Komor, New York. of phoenix, all between bands of keyfret, a band
American Private Collection, acquired from the of upright plantain leaves encircling the neck,
above in the 1970s. covered overall in an olive-green glaze, ormolu
stand (2)
Height 7¾ in., 19.7 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
Compare two closely related examples, one
from the National Palace Museum collection,
明 龍泉窰青釉刻蓮紋八方大盤 exhibited in Green: Longquan Celadon of the
Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei,
242 來源 2009, cat. no. 154; the other in the Capital
Mathias Komor，紐約 Museum Collection, exhibited in Wen wen yu
se zhao ci ou : Longquan yao qing ci yi shu
美國私人收藏，1970年代購於上述處 [Brightly glazed like jade: ceramic arts from the
Longquan kiln], Capital Museum, Beijing, 2012,
pp 98-99.
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$ 20,000-30,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
元 / 明初 龍泉窰青釉印花龍鳳紋
AN UNUSUAL MOLDED ‘LONGQUAN’ 環耳瓶
CELADON-GLAZED SQUARE-
SECTION ‘IMMORTALS’ VASE
LATE MING DYNASTY
the vertical rectangular walls supported on ruyi-
form cabriole legs resting on an integral square
base, each side carved in high relief with an
immortal astride an animal mount surrounded
by swirling clouds, all between registers of floral
scroll above and below, the wide mouth rim
carved around the top surface with a chevron
band, covered overall in an olive-green glaze
Height 7¾ in., 19.7 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

明末 龍泉窰青釉仙人騎獸圖方尊

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