Lot 3506. A Longquan Celadon Double-Gourd Vase, Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century. H 29.2cm. Estimate HKD 600,000 - 800,000 (USD 76,433 - 101,911). Lot sold HKD 1,416,000 (USD 180,356). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited.

The present vase is potted with compressed globular lower bulb, rising from a recessed base to a tall upper bulb. The vase is covered overall in a celadon-green glaze while the unglazed footrim revealed the grey body.

Provenance: 1. Toguri Museum of Art
2. Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2004, lot.47
3. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. EK224, Purchased from Eskenazi.

Exhibited: Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981.

Literature: Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, The Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat.no.55.