Celadon Lotus Vase

A Longquan ware sturdily potted squat vase with tapered straight sides forming an angular shoulder, straight neck and a flattened rim. The vase is decorated with a dense design of incised scrolling lotuses between two bands of incised rounded lotus petals.

Provenance:
–  Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection, ‘A25’, as purchased from G. Day, in 1946, for £9
– Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 88