A CHINESE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE, MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

A CHINESE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Carved with two large leafy peonies between a ruyi-head band to the shoulder and a band of stylised petals to the foot, the neck similarly decorated with further peonies below four concentric ribs encircling the everted mouth rim, all under a blueish-green glaze
19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) high

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