Lot 506. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed baluster vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 25¼ in., 64.1 cm. Estimate 20,000 - 0,000 USD. Lot sold 25,200 USD. © Sotheby's 2020.

rising to a tall neck and trumpet mouth, the ovoid body molded with a wide frieze of blossoms borne on undulating scrolling vines above a band of narrow, upright leaves, the neck with further blossoms beneath a series of concentric rings encircling the mouth, all under an unctuous celadon-green glaze.

Note: Compare a similar vase with similar floral decoration to the bulbous middle section, attributed to the Yuan dynasty, now preserved in the Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot, included in the exhibition, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256 – 1353, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, cat. no. 194.