AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED CARVED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

18TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CELADON-GLAZED CARVED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
18TH CENTURY
Imitating Longquan celadon, the swelling body is finely carved with a broad band of leafy, peony scroll between borders of ruyi heads above and upright leaf tips below. The neck and shoulder are encircled by bands of classic scroll, key fret and petal lappets below the trumpet-shaped mouth. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of olive-green color, and the foot and seven 'faux' spur marks on the base are covered with a brown dressing.
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) tall

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Lot Essay

This unusual vase is based on Longquan celadon wares of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, such as the Yuan dynasty pear-shaped vase with very similar carved design illustrated by Zhu Boqian in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p. 188, no. 161.

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