LONGQUAN CELADON SLENDER BALUSTER VASE, MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY, the tall neck with a flared rim, the tapering body moulded with flowers above a lappet band, all under a glassy sea-green glaze with crackles, 34cm high Provenance: Christie's London, 14th April 1980, lot 204, Montague Meyer Collection. For a similar vase dated c.1573-1644 see Harrison-Hall, J., Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London 2001, p.478, no.16:40.