A FINE AND VERY RARE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON MEIPING

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A FINE AND VERY RARE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

Strongly potted with full rounded shoulders tapering elegantly to a narrow waisted foot, freely carved around the main body with lotus sprays bearing full blooms, large leaves and seed pods, in between a key-fret band around the foot and lingzhi around the shoulders, decorated on the short tapered neck with a leafy scroll, and entirely covered with a warm olive-green glaze except for the footring burnt orange in the firing
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high, box

来源

Manno Art Museum, no. 359.

拍品专文

This vase belongs to a group of high-quality Longquan celadon wares produced in the early 15th century, and which are decorated with carved designs that may be compared with underglaze-blue decoration of the period. The design of the lotus pond is exquisitely rendered on the present vase, with boldly carved strokes and a naturalistic arrangement that is rarely seen on other vases of this type.

Compare also with undecorated meiping vases, such as the one in the Gotoh Museum, Japan, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, no. 230; and another illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 47.