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A LONGQUAN GUAN-TYPE CELADON-GLAZED SPITTOON, Longquan celadon-glazed zhadou vessels attributed to the
ZHADOU Song dynasty are rare. The present example is remarkable for its
Southern Song dynasty or later exceptionally large size.
8.9cm high, 13.2cm diam.,
Compare with a smaller example in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum,
$30,000 - 50,000
illustrated in Longquan Celadon of China, Hangzhou, 1998, pl.70;
Provenance: another discovered among a group of Song ceramics excavated at
K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong (by repute) Lueyang, Shaanxi province, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1976, no.11,
R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 6 November 2009, no. pl.6, fig.5; and a third is included in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
2910 (invoice and label) Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl.474.

南宋或其後 龍泉窯仿官釉渣斗 及盒 See also another zhadou of similar proportions but smaller size,
illustrated by R.Krahl, Yuegutang, A Collection of Chinese Ceramics
傳承： in Berlin, Berlin, 2000, no.226. Fragments of these smaller zhadou
香港繼遠美術（擬） recovered from kiln sites at Dayao, Longquan county, Zhejiang
悉尼 R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques，2009年11月6日，編號 Province, are illustrated in Longquan qingci yanjiu, Beijing, 1989, pl.6,
2910（帳單及標籤） fig.5. The latter examples appear to have much greener and slightly
inferior crackled glazes.

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