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Details
A celadon glazed reticulated ovoid vase
Ming Dynasty
with everted barbed rim, pierced and carved with a broad band of scrolling flowers and foliage above a cell pattern band, set upon a stand with shaped apertures at intervals on an incised ground -- 9in. (23cms) high.
See Illustration.
Liddell Collection label to base.
An almost identical Ming Dynasty pierced longquan celadon vessel was given by Sir A.W Franks to the British Museum (22.3cm. high). This vessel, which was probably either used for incense or as a brushpot is dated c. 1450-1550. Illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in 'Ming Ceramics in the British Museum', British Museum Press, London, 2001, page 474-5, no.16:34. A slightly smaller example (16.9cm. high) is in the Itsuo Bijitsukan in Japan.
Ming Dynasty
with everted barbed rim, pierced and carved with a broad band of scrolling flowers and foliage above a cell pattern band, set upon a stand with shaped apertures at intervals on an incised ground -- 9in. (23cms) high.
See Illustration.
Liddell Collection label to base.
An almost identical Ming Dynasty pierced longquan celadon vessel was given by Sir A.W Franks to the British Museum (22.3cm. high). This vessel, which was probably either used for incense or as a brushpot is dated c. 1450-1550. Illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in 'Ming Ceramics in the British Museum', British Museum Press, London, 2001, page 474-5, no.16:34. A slightly smaller example (16.9cm. high) is in the Itsuo Bijitsukan in Japan.
Provenance
Purchased by a descendant of the present owner from Bluett & Sons, London in 1929.
Special notice
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