MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

A similar Longquan vase is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 14, no. 231. Compare, also, the well-known Longquan celadon vase in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art now on long term loan to the British Museum, London, with an incised inscription at the base of its slender, tapering neck dating the vase to 1454. Another example is illustrated by R. Krahl, ‘Longquan Celadon of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul’, T.O.C.S., 1984-1985, vol. 49, p. 53. no. 23. See, also, a similar vase but carved with chrysanthemum scroll, sold at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 240.