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    Chinese & Japanese Art

    London, South Kensington

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    15 May 2008

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    • A celadon glazed bottle vase,
    Lot 284

    A celadon glazed bottle vase, Yuan/Ming Dynasty

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    GBP 1,250

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 2,000

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    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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