A Well-Carved 'Longquan' Celadon Vase (Meiping) Ming dynasty, 15th Century

elegantly potted, with swelling shoulder and short tapered neck, waisted base and flared foot, the body crisply carved with continuous lotus-scroll, cloud-scroll band to shoulder, petal and mountain borders to the neck, the foot carved with stiff leaves, all covered with a light olive-green glaze, the foot rim partially unglazed, Japanese wood box (2)

generally good visual condition, two restored cracks to foot ring, some crazing above foot, potting flaw to lip, scattered light abrasions and scratches to surface, scattered minor glaze flaws
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The fine quality, confident carving and voluptuous form of the present vase are closely related to that of a meiping with a heavily crazed glaze from a San Francisco Collection, sold in these rooms, 20th-21st November 1973, lot 292, and again 8th May 1981, lot 251. Compare also a larger meiping of similar form and decoration sold at Christie's New York, 24th March 2004, lot 173.