A LONGQUAN CELADON GU-FORM VASE

SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)

Details

A LONGQUAN CELADON GU-FORM VASE
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
The bulging body of the vase is applied with a pair of lion-mask loose-ring handles between bands of applied florette-shaped bosses above and below. The base of the neck is moulded with three bow-string bands while another moulded bow-string band encircles the upper foot. The vase is covered under an even translucent bluish-green glaze with the exception of the foot ring.
7 3/4 in. (19.2 cm. high), Edo-period Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, acquired prior to 1930

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Lot Essay

The form of this vase is based on that of the ancient bronze gu. Compare to a Longquan vase of this form dated to Southern Song-Yuan dynasty in the Tokyo National Museum, which is moulded with four lion masks on the bulging body beneath plantain leaves, see collection number TG-2968; and one with a ruyi-scroll retrieved from the Sinan shipwreck, the vessel destined to Japan that sank off the Korean coast in 1323.

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