YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A Carved Longquan Celadon Baluster Jar and Cover
Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
The well-potted, globular body carved with a wide band of composite foliate scroll above a band of upright leaves, covered with a glaze of olive-green color, the mouth rim left unglazed and burnt brownish-orange in the firing, the cover with undulating scalloped edges, encircled by a similar foliate scroll pattern and surmounted by a stem knop, the rim on the underside left unglazed
10¾in. (27.2cm.) high.

Literature

S. Little, The Herzman Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 30.

Lot Essay

A similarly carved jar of this form, without a cover, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. I, London, 1986, p. 293, no. 216. Another related jar is illustrated, also by R. Krahl, in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, p. 306, no. 576. See, also, M. Medley, The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics, Oxford, 1976, p. 149, fig. 110.

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