Lot 869. A rare Zhejiang celadon reticulated vase, China, Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th century;7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000. Price Realized $8,750. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Of pear shape, the outer body with a broad band of openwork peony scroll surrounding the inner, slender pear-shaped body, with clouds on the shoulder and upright petals on the flared neck, all under a glaze of slightly grey-green color

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1988.

Note: A very similar reticulated vase is illustrated in the catalogue for the exhibition, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February-March 1952, no. 406.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.