MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

Undecorated Longquan celadon meiping dating to the early Ming dynasty are rare. An example of identical size to the present vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the exhibition Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009, pp. 132-133, no. 65. A meiping and cover dated to the Yuan or early Ming dynasty is illustrated in Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 125. An example in the Tokyo National Museum is published in Chinese Ceramics, Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1965, p. 95, no. 387. Another similar example was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 November 2004, lot 561.

For two examples identical in size sold at auction, see the meiping and cover formerly in the The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3104; and another example without a cover, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3815.