AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
LONGCHUAN CELADON BOTTLE VASE.The compressed globular body rising to a tall flared neck applied overall with a satin blue-green glaze suffused with wide brown crackles joined by some finer colorless crackles. Accompanied by photocopies of some photographs of Capt. Pearce along with a a photocopy of a "Map of Kyoto and Vicinity with Shopping Directory", presumably the shops he visited. SIZE: 7" h. PROVENANCE: From the estate collection of U.S. Navy Captain Edward Pearce, Dover, Delaware. CONDITION: Very good. 49068-4 jdj (2,000-4,000)