Lot 172. A rare inscribed 'Longquan' celadon-glazed handled vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 20.3 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Note: The present vase is inscribed with the character fu to one side and shou to the other, conveying wishes of good fortune and longevity respectively. See a closely related vase, in the British Museum, London, bequeathed by Henry B. Harris and illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 16:18; another, with openwork sides, is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 4 (I), London, 2006, pl. 1605. See a vase with a plain foliate rim, included in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, cat. no. 248.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, New York, 19 March 2024