A PAIR OF LONGQUAN CELADON CUPS, ONE DECORATED TOBI SEIJI

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A PAIR OF LONGQUAN CELADON CUPS, ONE DECORATED TOBI SEIJI
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The cups are potted with rounded sides, covered in lustrous glazes of sea-green tone, the unglazed indented bases burnt orange during firing. One of them is applied with iron-brown splashes to the body and over the rim to the cavetto.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box (2)

Provenance

The tobi seiji cup: Acquired from Kochukyo around fifty years ago by repute
The celadon cup: A Japanese private collection, acquired before 2000

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Lot Essay

Longquan wares decorated with iron-brown spots are highly treasured by the Japanese and and are often referred to in Europe by their Japanese name tobi seiji. Jars and dishes with this type of spotted decoration were among the cargo of the Sinan wreck, which foundered off the coast of Korea en route for Japan in AD 1323 (illustrated in Relics Salvaged from the Seabed off Sinan, Seoul, 1985, p. 74, plate 62, nos. 88 & 89).

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