A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON MALLET VASE MING DYNASTY, 14TH / 15TH CENTURY

well potted with a cylindrical body encircled by a shallow ridge around the centre, supported on a recessed base and surmounted by a columnar neck flanked by a pair of phoenix head handles, all below a wide everted mouthrim, covered overall in an even sea-green glaze suffused with wide crackles falling just above a neatly cut footrim