Sale 5333
London, South Kensington
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15 May 2008
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
A celadon glazed bottle vase, Yuan/Ming Dynasty raised on a high foot with long tapering neck and wide flattened rim, the body with raised decoration depicting a large flowering and foliate peony, the neck with incised wave pattern between horizontal grooves, covered in a crackled pale green glaze -- 10¼in. (26cm.) high.
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