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PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION
A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BALUSTER VASE
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Details
A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BALUSTER VASE
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The tall, heavily potted, slender vase is carved with leafy chrysanthemum scroll, beneath a band of sawtooth design on the canted shoulder, and a line border around the short, straight neck. The whole is covered in a glaze of rich olive-green color suffused with crackle.
15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) high
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The tall, heavily potted, slender vase is carved with leafy chrysanthemum scroll, beneath a band of sawtooth design on the canted shoulder, and a line border around the short, straight neck. The whole is covered in a glaze of rich olive-green color suffused with crackle.
15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li (1901-1981), and thence by descent to the present owner.