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Lot 8240
A Longquan celadon glazed ovoid vase 15th/16th century
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$8,125 inc. premium
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A Longquan celadon glazed ovoid vase
15th/16th century
Heavily potted and finely incised on the body with a diaper ground containing florets, all above vertical incisions at the foot and below a band of circles containing blossoms at the shoulder and incised floral scrolls beneath the lipped rim, the exterior, interior and base all covered with a rich green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the recesses, the greyish biscuit foot burnt to an orange color, wood stand.
14 3/8in (36.5cm) high
Heavily potted and finely incised on the body with a diaper ground containing florets, all above vertical incisions at the foot and below a band of circles containing blossoms at the shoulder and incised floral scrolls beneath the lipped rim, the exterior, interior and base all covered with a rich green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the recesses, the greyish biscuit foot burnt to an orange color, wood stand.
14 3/8in (36.5cm) high
Footnotes
十五/十六世紀 龍泉窯罐
A closely related Longquan olive-shaped vase dated to the 16th century in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, with similar incised florets within a geometric grid, but with applied mask-and-ring handles, is illustrated in Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2011, no. 89.