CHINESE CELADON BALUSTER COVERED VASE

CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, MING STYLE) LARGE CELADON-GLAZED CRACKLEWARE BALUSTER JAR AND COVER, MOULDED IN LONGQUAN STYLE WITH APPLIED APPLIQU� RUNNING MYTHICAL BEASTS (QILIN) AND FLAME MEDALLIONS AROUND THE WAISTED NECK COATED OVERALL IN A LUSTROUS SAGE-GREEN CELADON GLAZE WITH PROMINENT CRACKLE PATTERN; CONDITION NOTE: EXHIBITING A CHIP TO THE FINIAL BEAST'S HIND LEG (PICTURED) OVERALL HEIGHT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES