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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR
顯赫亞洲私人珍藏
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AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE 元 龍泉青釉刻開光花卉紋四獸首繫茶葉罐
CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON JAR 來源:

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) 日本愛媛縣江戶時期大名久松家珍藏
The jar is heavily potted and well carved in relief around the sides 日本私人珍藏，1955年由久松家贈予（圖六）
with four panels enclosing seasonal flowers: camellia Japonica, peony, 香港佳士得，2018年5月30日，3028號
lotus and chrysanthemum, above a band of banana-leaf around
the base. The shoulders are set with three zoomorphic monster masks
modelled in high relief with bulging eyes and brows and reserved
on a diapered ground in imitation of woven rattan. The neck is
carved with diamond-shaped diaper and all panels are conjoined
by strapwork borders. The jar is covered overall with a thick glaze
of bluish sea-green tone with the exception of the mouth rim, the
inside of the base and the foot rim which remain unglazed.
11æ in. (29.8 cm.) high, four brocade covers, Ming dynasty,
Japanese double-wood boxes
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
The Hisamatsu Family Collection, an important Daimyo family
in Ehime prefecture that ruled during the Edo period (1603-1867)
A Japanese private collection, gifted by the Hisamatsu family
in 1955 (fig. 6)
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3028

fig. 6 Letter from the Hisamatsu Family dating to 1955
圖六 久松家於昭和三十年（1955）書予前任藏家之信簡記錄

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