A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed double-gourd vase, Ming dynasty | 明 龍泉青釉葫蘆瓶

Property from an old Belgian family collection
A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed double-gourd vase
Ming dynasty

Height 29.2 cm, 11½ in.
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Collection particulière belge
Rare vase double gourde en grès céladon 'Longquan', dynastie Ming
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明 龍泉青釉葫蘆瓶

Condition Report:
General light surface wear and expected firing imperfections, including some scattered minor glaze gaps, otherwise good condition.
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器面見輕微磨痕、正常窰燒瑕疵，如散見少許細微縮釉，此外品相良好。

Catalogue Note:
Compare a similar vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc. no. 故00145052); and two other Longquan celadon double-gourd vases of slender form, one excavated from a hoard in Baihuo commune, Qingtian county, Zhejiang province, and now in the Qingtian County Cultural Relics Management Committee, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, op. cit., pl. 35, the other sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th October, 2011, lot 6, from the Meyingtang collection.