YUAN DYNASTY

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A longquan celadon baluster jar and cover
Yuan dynasty
The heavily potted squat baluster body with plugged base, carved in relief with a wide register of foliate scrollwork bearing six peony blooms above a band of upright lappets, covered with a glaze of sea-green colour stopping above the orange-burnt tapering foot and on top of the rim, the cover with undulating scalloped edges, encircled by a similar foliate scroll, surmounted by a curling stem knop, the underside with an unglazed band
35.6 cm. high

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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.
A comparable jar and cover but smaller in size was sold in our New York Rooms, 16 October 2001, lot 367.

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