Lot 239
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A LONGQUAN CARVED CELADON JAR AND COVER, GUAN
YUAN AND MING CERAMICS THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LONGQUAN CARVED CELADON JAR AND COVER, GUAN

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

Details
A LONGQUAN CARVED CELADON JAR AND COVER, GUAN
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The thickly potted upper body divided into eight lobes, each decorated with a flower spray and divided by vertical ribs, above a broad band of narrow petals, the domed cover with similar flower-sprays beneath an unglazed biscuit finial in the form of a lion, the interior of the cover with the character fu within a molded flower-head, the glaze of rich olive-green tone
13¾ in. (35.0 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, Hong Kong, 20 October 1995, lot 680.

Lot Essay

A related jar with carved designs and unglazed auspicious characters, the cover also with a biscuit finial, is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, vol. 1, Geneva, 1968-1974, no. A108. See, also, another jar and cover with a similar biscuit finial, illustrated in Selected Masterpieces of Oriental Art, The Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1984, no. 117.

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