Lot Essay
Compare the similar cup of the same date included in the exhibition, Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, 22 July - 11 September 1994, pp. 168-9, no. 66.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM CUP
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
Details
A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM CUP
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The deep, rounded sides rising from the small ring foot to the scalloped rim and carved inside and out as chrysanthemum petals, covered overall with a soft sea-green glaze thinning on the ribs and ending in a line above the edge of the foot to expose the buff ware, the convex base similarly glazed
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam., box
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The deep, rounded sides rising from the small ring foot to the scalloped rim and carved inside and out as chrysanthemum petals, covered overall with a soft sea-green glaze thinning on the ribs and ending in a line above the edge of the foot to expose the buff ware, the convex base similarly glazed
3½ in. (9 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Collection of Dickson Reck, purchased in China or Japan in the 1930s or 1940s.