18TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CARVED CELADON-GLAZED CARVED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
18TH CENTURY
Imitating Longquan celadon, the swelling body is finely carved with a broad band of leafy, peony scroll between borders of ruyi heads above and upright leaf tips below. The neck and shoulder are encircled by bands of classic scroll, key fret and petal lappets below the trumpet-shaped mouth. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of olive-green color, and the foot and seven 'faux' spur marks on the base are covered with a brown dressing.
12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1361.

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

This unusual vase is based on Longquan celadon wares of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, such as the Yuan dynasty pear-shaped vase with very similar carved design, illustrated by Zhu Boqian in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p. 188, no. 161.

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