A FINE AND VERY RARE YUAN MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON JAR, GUAN

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A FINE AND VERY RARE YUAN MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON JAR, GUAN
14TH CENTURY

Crisply moulded and carved with four large panels of lychee, peony, peach and chrysanthemum sprays, each on a combed ground below small lappets and a chevron band at the neck, all above simple leaf lappets at the foot, the footring burnt orange, the base cut deeply and partially glazed, the glaze of good tone with some paler inclusions
11.3/8 in. (29 cm.) high

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Previously sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 729.

It is rare to find Longquan celadon jars moulded in relief with fruits and floral sprays within panels. No other jars of this rare design appear to be recorded. Compare with another 14th century jar with a shortened trumpet neck decorated with moulded designs of lychee alternating with lotus sprays comparable to the present lot in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 13, no. 150.

(US$20,000-25,000)