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A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'WINE' JAR AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON 'BAMBOO' BOTTLE VASE
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The jar is carved with four large cartouches enclosing the characters qing 9æ in. (24.9 cm.) high, lacquer inner box, Japanese wood box
xiang mei jiu (beautiful wine of clear fragrance).
13q in. (34.3 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box $40,000-60,000
$10,000-20,000 PROVENANCE:
Kounoike Family Collection, Osaka (according to label on box).
The same inscription can be seen carved in relief in panels on a jar of

this shape with cover illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese
Ceramics, vol. I, London, 1968, A 108. It is also on an ovoid jar illustrated 明ǎ龍泉⒋青釉弦紋瓶
by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, Ϝ源
London, 1986, p. 371, no. 537; and on a meiping in the Victoria and Albert ૯阪鴻池家族珍藏 據木盒標籤
Museum illustrated by R. Kerr (ed.), Chinese Art and Design: Art Objects in
Ritual and Daily Life, New York, 1991, p. 167, no. 73, where the author notes, p.
164, the inscription may be a trademark.

(another view)
元ǎ龍泉⒋青釉Ǚ清香美酒ǚ➬