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14 février 2019

A rare Longquan celadon openwork pear-shaped double vase, Ming dynasty, circa 1450-1550

A rare Longquan celadon openwork pear-shaped double vase, Ming dynasty, circa 1450-1550

Lot 810. A rare Longquan celadon openwork pear-shaped double vase, Ming dynasty, circa 1450-1550; 9 in. (23 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.

The flattened, pear-shaped outer body surrounds an inner tubular body and has an openwork design of peony and camellia rising from rocks on either side of a shoucharacter on one side and pomegranate and chrysanthemum rising from waves to flank a fu character on the reverse, below a band of key fret at the base of the neck which is relief-decorated with overlapping upright leaves that rise to the underside of the everted, quadrilobed rim, and is flanked by a pair of dragon-headed loop handles suspending loose rings. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of slightly greyish olive-green color. stand.

NoteLongquan vases of this type, with an openwork body enclosing an inner body, appear to be quite rare. A pear-shaped bottle vase of this type, dated c. 1522-1620, is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pp. 475-76, no. 16:35. Also illustrated is a Longquan celadon vase of the same shape, with similar handles and similar decoration, which is not in openwork, p. 469, no. 16:18, where it is dated c. 1450-1550.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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