Lot Essay
The Japanese box accompanying the present lot states that the vases were used as sake bottles.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF LONGQUAN CELADON BOTTLE VASES
MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF LONGQUAN CELADON BOTTLE VASES
MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Each vase is well potted of elegant pear shape supported on a slightly spreading circular foot, each with a globular body gently tapering towards a long straight neck everted at the mouth and covered all over in an attractive even light sea-green glaze suffused with a network of diagonal crackles.
12 1/2 in. (31.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box (2)
MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Each vase is well potted of elegant pear shape supported on a slightly spreading circular foot, each with a globular body gently tapering towards a long straight neck everted at the mouth and covered all over in an attractive even light sea-green glaze suffused with a network of diagonal crackles.
12 1/2 in. (31.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box (2)
Provenance
A Japanese private collection
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1756
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1756
Brought to you by
Nick Wilson
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