Lot 11

Yuan Dynasty  A VERY RARE LONGQUAN CELADON OCTAGONAL MEIPING

Estimate(RMB): 600,000-900,000

Estimate(USD): 75,000-112,500

Selling Price(RMB): 1,672,000

PERIOD: Yuan Dynasty

SIZE: 20.4cm. High

PROVENANCE

Montague L. Meyer Collection
Sotheby's London, 10 July 1951, lot 33 and illustrated as the catalogue frontpiece
Christie's London, 14 April 1980
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and Other Ceramics, lot 621

PUBLISH

Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p.98, pl.2
Thompson, 'Chinese Celadons', Arts of Asia, November-December 1993, p.67, fig.10

LITERATURE

A Dictionary of Chinese Cultural Relics, Ceramics, p.356, pl.626
Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, vol.II, Tokyo, 1990, 23