A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE

YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE
YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body supported on a sturdy footring and surmounted by a trumpet neck flanked by a pair of large ring handles, the neck, shoulder and mid-section encircled by raised double bands, covered overall with an even light olive green glaze
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, Japanese double wood boxes
Provenance
Japanese private collection

Exhibited
Gotoh Museum, Tokyo

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Lot Essay

Vases of this form that are without added decorative features are quite rare and this example, reminiscent of earlier Song dynasty examples, beautifully shows off the luster and colour of the Longquan glaze.

For a vase of this shape, carved with flowers and with more elaborate monster-mask and mock-ring handles, see the example in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Age of The Great Khan, Pluralism in Chinese Art and Culture Under the Mongols, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 145, pl. IV-42.

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