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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON
VASE
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
Of baluster form, the vase is moulded around the
body with peony scrolls above a band of upright leaves
and below further floral scrolls around the trumpet
neck, all between moulded concentric rings. It is
covered overall with a pale grey green glaze except for
the foot rim.
26 æ in. (68 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000

PROVENANCE
Jinshoji Temple, Shiga prefecture
Ryo Hosomi, founder of the Hosomi Museum, circa
1950s-1960s
EXHIBITED
Kyoto National Museum, circa 1970s
Vases of this type are usually found in large sizes such
as the present lot. Published examples include a pair
from the Japanese Imperial Collection included in the
Tokyo National Museum Exhibition of Treasures Originally
from the Horyu-ji, 1959, Catalogue, no. 300; and another
illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976,
no. 485.
A related example with peony and lotus scrolls incised and
inscribed with the date equivalent to 1454 is illustrated
in the Percival David Foundation, Illustrated Catalogue of
Celadon Wares, London, 1977, pl. X, no. 99, and again in
Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976,
p. 266, fig. 137. See another example from the Museum of
Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated in Oriental
Ceramics: The World's Greatest Collections, vol. 9, 1976,
no. 188.

元 龍泉窯青釉印花牡丹紋大瓶

來源
日本滋賀縣新勝寺珍藏
1950至1960年代為大阪實業家細見亮收藏，其後
成立細見美術館

展覽
京都國立博物館，1970年代

同款龍泉窯青釉花卉瓶多如此器體形碩大，其他例子包括
日本皇室珍藏一對，見 1959 年東京國立博物館出版《法
隆寺献納寶物目錄》展覽圖錄，編號 300；繭山龍泉堂藏
另一例，見 1976 年東京出版《龍泉集芳》第一集，編號
485。
倫敦大維德中國藝術基金會藏一件刻花牡丹蓮紋紀年 1454
年的近似例子，見 1977 年倫敦出版《Illustrated Catalogue
of Celadon Wares》，圖版 X，編號 99；該例並載於 1976
年東京出版《世界陶磁全書．14》，圖版 137 號。另參考
斯德哥爾摩東方博物館所藏一件，見《世界陶磁全集》，
第九冊，1976 年，圖版 188 號。

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