Lot Essay
Compare with a jar of the same design and of the same period sold in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 504.
(US$11,000-13,000)
(US$11,000-13,000)
Details
A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON JAR
14TH CENTURY
The baluster body with compressed shoulders carved with an arching chrysanthemum-scroll above slender upright leaves stemming from the base, all divided by line borders, covered in a rich celadon glaze, the rims of foot, mouth and the recessed base unglazed (shallow chips to foot)
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) diam., cover
14TH CENTURY
The baluster body with compressed shoulders carved with an arching chrysanthemum-scroll above slender upright leaves stemming from the base, all divided by line borders, covered in a rich celadon glaze, the rims of foot, mouth and the recessed base unglazed (shallow chips to foot)
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) diam., cover