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ORIENTAL CERAMICS: THE WORLD’S AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED
GREAT COLLECTIONS LUGGED EWER
Eleven volumes, Kodansha Japan 1981. (11). 15th/16th century
The shoulder with three applied handles, a
£700 - 900 short spout at the neck, with a two character
CNY6,800 - 8,700 inscription, the body boldly carved with
HK$8,200 - 11,000 scrolling flowerheads, all covered in a bean-
green glaze, discoloured yellow at the short
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A SMALL SELECTION OF CHINESE ART 23cm (9in) high
CATALOGUES
Including: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Olympia and £2,000 - 3,000
Amsterdam and Christie’s Hong Kong and CNY19,000 - 29,000
New York. (more than 56). HK$24,000 - 35,000

£500 Provenance
CNY4,800 Christie’s, 14 November 1990, lot 373 (label)
HK$5,900
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125 A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED
A CELADON-GLAZED MEIPING ‘PHOENIX TAIL’ VASE, YENYEN
Early Ming Dynasty 16th/17th century
Carved to the baluster body with scrolling The elegantly potted vase with a curvaceous
lotus flowers, a band of scrolling flower heads lower section, surmounted with a tall widely
at the shoulder with a raised lappet band at flaring neck and mouth, incised with peony
the neck, the neck with another lappet band, motifs, line borders and lappets, all covered
a tall lappet band at the foot, all covered in a in a thick, glassy sea-green glaze. 49.5cm (19
thick olive-green glaze. 1/2in) high
25.5cm (10in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,000 CNY29,000 - 48,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000 HK$35,000 - 59,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000
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Provenance
Christie’s, 16 March 2000, lot 349 (label)

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