A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED JAR AND COVER MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a broad shoulder with moulded rib and short tapering neck, covered overall with a glossy bluish-green glaze, the broad rimmed domed cover similarly glazed

Bluett & Sons, London.

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 155.

The jar and cover are in very good overall condition with the exception of four shallow flakes to the base of the footring, a 2.5cm., wide area of slight misfiring to the glaze at the rim of the cover, some minor firing imperfections and light glaze scratches.
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