EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON VASE, MEIPING
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The well-potted high-shouldered body tapers to a slightly spreading foot, and is carved with a wide band of peony scroll set between two bands of leafy scroll, all under a glaze of soft olive-green tone.
15 1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Ehime Bunkakan, Japan, prior to 1955.

Special notice

Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical Longquan meiping with both similar decoration and proportions was collected by the Qing Palace and is currently in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 2, state vessels, Beijing, 2019, pp. 160-61, no. 160.

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