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A FINE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL A FINE SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON FISH-

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279) HANDLED CENSER

The bowl is moulded to the exterior with a band of slender lotus SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
petals, emanating from the foot. It is covered in a glaze of soft
bluish sea-green tone, pooling in the crevices of the decoration and The censer is flanked on either side with a stylised fish-form
stopping neatly at the foot. handle, covered overall with a thick, satiny glaze of sea-green tone,
5 º in. (13.1 cm.) diam., inscribed Japanese double wood boxes leaving the foot ring unglazed revealing the fine brown body.
4 º in. (10.8 cm.) wide, box

HK$200,000-400,000 US$26,000-52,000 HK$180,000-260,000 US$24,000-34,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE

Collection of Umegami Songyu (1881-1945), Kyoto Sold at Christie’s London, 10 December 1990, lot 115
Harmony of Form, Serenity of Colour: Private Collection of
The Japanese wood box accompanying this tea bowl is inscribed with ‘Song’ Ceramics, sold at Sothey’s New York, 23 Mach 2011,
the signature Seian, which is the studio name of Umegami, Songyu lot 535
(1881-1945), a renowned Buddhist monk as well as a tea master based
in the Honganji Temple in Kyoto. 南宋 / 元 龍泉青釉雙魚耳小爐

南宋 龍泉青釉蓮瓣盌 來源
倫敦佳士得，1990年12月10日，拍品115號
來源 紐約蘇富比，2011年3月23日，拍品535號
梅上尊融 (1881-1945)，京都 《Harmony of Form, Serenity of Colour: Private Collection of
‘Song’ Ceramics》
此盌的原裝日本木盒上有「西菴」款識。西菴為日本京都淨土真宗高僧
及著名茶人梅上尊融 （1881-1945）的別號，曾為広教寺住職、本願寺
執行長。

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