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Lot Essay
This elegant vase is admired for both of its form and the beautiful glaze; the raised encircling lines on the neck give one of its Chinese names, xianwenping, 'vase with bow-string decoration'.
For two Longquan bottle vases with the same form and decoration, see one in the Percival David Foundation, now in the British Museum (31.7 cm. high), illustrated by Stacey Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997, London, pp.19-20, no.202; another one in the collection of Nezu Museum (29.6 cm. high), Tokyo, illustrated in Heavenly Blue: Southern Song Celadons, 2010, Tokyo, p.41, pl.no. 10.
For two Longquan bottle vases with the same form and decoration, see one in the Percival David Foundation, now in the British Museum (31.7 cm. high), illustrated by Stacey Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997, London, pp.19-20, no.202; another one in the collection of Nezu Museum (29.6 cm. high), Tokyo, illustrated in Heavenly Blue: Southern Song Celadons, 2010, Tokyo, p.41, pl.no. 10.