Lot 41. Property from an Old Belgian Family Collection. A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed double-gourd vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 29.2 cm. Lot Sold 12,700 EUR (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Note: Compare a similar vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc. no. 故00145052); and two other Longquan celadon double-gourd vases of slender form, one excavated from a hoard in Baihuo commune, Qingtian county, Zhejiang province, and now in the Qingtian County Cultural Relics Management Committee, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, op. cit., pl. 35, the other sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th October, 2011, lot 6, from the Meyingtang collection.