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THE ROBERT B. AND BEATRICE C. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

    Price Realised USD 3,750
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    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
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    A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE

    MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

    Price Realised USD 3,750
    Price Realised USD 3,750
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    The heavily potted vase has an ovoid body carved in relief with blossoming peony branches below a band of incised upright plantain leaves on the tall cylindrical neck that flares very slightly towards the rim, and it is covered with a crackled glaze of olive-green color that continues over the mouth rim and stops above the foot, and also covers the base.
    183⁄4 in. (47.6 cm.) high


    Provenance
    Samuel T. Peters (1854-1912) Collection, New York.
    Warren E. Cox Associates, Inc., New York, 17 February 1965.
    Exhibited
    On loan: Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, May 1981-February 1992.
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