A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

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A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED VASE
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The vase is finely potted and covered allover, and inside the foot, with an even glaze of sea-green color that thins on the edges of the dished rim.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Lot Essay

Two similar Longquan celadon vases of similar size are illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 50, nos. 96 and 97. See, also, the similar vase of slightly larger size (6 3/8 in.) sold at Christie's New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2104.

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