A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
SOUTHERN SONG/EARLY YUAN DYNASTY
The heavily potted vase formed as a globular bulb below a pear-shaped bulb, decorated in relief with applied lotus scrolls, the thick glaze crackled in places and of attractive sea-green tone (rim chip restored)
12 3/8in. (31.5cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. two other vases illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istambul, vol. I, cat. nos. 202 and 203, fitted with ottoman metal mounts.