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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON CONG-FORM VASE

細節
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON CONG-FORM VASE
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Of square section, moulded on each of the four corners with horizontal ribs ending at the central vertical panel, all between the inward-turning mouth and foot, covered in a pale, crackled green glaze except for the unglazed foot ring
7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high
來源
An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and Other Ceramics, sold in Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 609.

拍品專文

Previously sold in London, 10 July 1979, lot 101.

This present vase, which adopted its shape from an archaic jade ritual vessel, cong, is a good example of Song interest in archaism.

A vase of the same size is illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Musuem, Lung-Chuan Ware of the Sung Dynasty, 1962, pls. 12, 12a and 12b. Compare also with two larger examples, the first is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Song Dynasty, vol. 12, no. 216, p. 210 (25.5 cm. high); the other illustrated by Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, no. 71 (35.6 cm.).

Also cf. an example in Guan ware from the Percival David Foundation Collection, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, col. pl. 11.

(US$16,000-20,000)