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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ JAR A MOLDED ‘SHUFU’ WHITE-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ DISH
AND COVER YUAN DYNASTY
LATE YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY the shallow sides resting on a short footring, the center
of compressed baluster form, the body freely carved with molded with four stylized lotus blooms borne on a
a stylized lotus scroll issuing furling leaves above a band of continuous meandering stem within double-line borders, a
upright lappets encircling the base, the similarly decorated similar lotus scroll encircling the cavetto with the characters
cover modeled as an undulating lotus pad with a stem-form shu and fu, the exterior plain, all under a bluish-white glaze
knop, all covered with a translucent jade-green glaze pooling save for the foot left exposed to reveal the fine body
to a deeper tone in the recesses, the footring burnt orange Diameter 5½ in., 14 cm
(2)
Height overall 11 in., 27.9 cm PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. Yale Kneeland.
PROVENANCE J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 15th February 2001.
E & J Frankel Ltd., New York, 24th June 1999. Shufu wares are identified by the presence of the characters
shu and fu (‘Privy Council’) in their designs and were used
$ 20,000-30,000 during the Yuan dynasty for ceremonies at the Shumi Yuan,
a ministry of civil and military affairs. While Shufu-type wares
元末 / 明初 龍泉窰青釉纏枝蓮紋蓋罐 lacking the characters were exported during this period, the
finest examples contained these characters, designating
來源： them for official use. The invention of Shufu ware and its
E & J Frankel Ltd.，紐約，1999年6月24日 thick white glaze were instrumental in the development of
blue and white porcelain.
Compare two dishes of similar design: one in the Brooklyn
Museum, New York (acc. no. 37.135), the other published in
John Ayers, The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art, vol. II,
London, 1964, pl. LXVIII.
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元 樞府白釉印花纏枝蓮紋盤

來源：
Yale Kneeland 夫人收藏
藍理捷，紐約，2001年2月15日

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A PAIR OF PIERCED AND CARVED ‘LONGQUAN’ A WHITE-GLAZED BALUSTER JAR
CELADON-GLAZED GARDEN SEATS MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY
MING DYNASTY the narrow base sweeping into high rounded shoulders,
each of barrel shape, with four rectangular openwork panels surmounted by a short neck and lipped rim, covered in a
each enclosing a large bloom and combed leaves, set against creamy white glaze, the base unglazed
carved stylized floral scrollwork between rows of raised Height 12¾ in., 32.4 cm
florets, the top carved with a floret diaper ground, all under a
translucent olive-green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the PROVENANCE
recesses (2) Nicholas Grindley LLC, London.
Height 14 in., 35.6 cm
EXHIBITED
PROVENANCE Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, 2016 (on loan).
Christie’s London, 1st September 1999, lot 399.
$ 6,000-8,000
$ 20,000-30,000
明十五 / 十六世紀 白釉罐
明 龍泉窰青釉開光鏤空花卉紋坐墩一對
來源：
來源： Nicholas Grindley LLC，倫敦
倫敦佳士得1999年9月1日，編號399
展覽：
明尼阿波利斯美術館，明尼阿波利斯，2016年 (借展)

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