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A FINE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED
BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING
13th century, Southern Song Dynasty
The elegantly potted vessel flaring out from a
small mouth rim to broad rounded shoulders
before tapering towards a narrow foot, with
finely turned ribs along the body, all covered
in a luscious pea-green hued glaze. 19cm (7
1/2in) high

£3,000 - 4,000
CNY28,000 - 37,000
HK$33,000 - 44,000

Compare with a similar meiping, late Southern
Song dynasty, in the San Francisco Museum
of Asian Art, illustrated in H. Li, Chinese
Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London
2011, p. 158, no. 273. The

See also another similar vase, 13th century,
with a matching cover, sold in Bonhams New
York, 14 Sep 2015, lot 8057.

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TWO LONGQUAN CELADON VASES

16th/17th century
The first of meiping form, the well potted
vessel with carved decoration of floral sprays
and leafy meanders; the second of pear-
shaped form, carved to the exterior in low
relief with peony flower heads and a leafy
meander, the waisted neck with a cross-
hatched border below stiff-leaf lappets, both
covered in a thick pea-green glaze.
The largest: 24.5cm (9 3/4in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

Provenance
An American Private Collection

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