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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED ‘CONG’ VASE Several celadon-glazed cong vases can be seen in famous
collections throughout the world; one in the Shanghai
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Museum is illustrated in Longquan qingci [Celadon of
the archaistic form with a tall, square-section body between Longquan], Beijing, 1966, pl. 15; one is published in the
a short circular foot and neck, each long edge of the body Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the
molded with eight raised horizontal bands within a raised National Palace Museum. Lung-ch’uan Ware, Ko Ware and
rectangular frame, a recessed central panel dividing the Other Wares, Tokyo, 1974, pls 8 and 9; another from the
frames on each side, covered overall in a lustrous celadon Eumorfopoulos Collection and now in the Victoria and Albert
glaze thinning to a pale bluish-white at the raised edges Museum, London, is included in John Ayers, Far Eastern
and pooling to seafoam-green at the recessed areas, two Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980,
Japanese wood boxes (5) pl. 124; and a fourth example from the Oppenheim Collection
Height 8½ in., 21.7 cm and now in the British Museum, London, is published in
Jessica Rawson, ed., The British Museum Book of Chinese
PROVENANCE Art, London, 1992, pl. 8 left.
Japanese Private Collection.
Compare also a vase of this type, from the Toguri Collection,
Celadon vases of this type imitate archaic ritual jade sold in our London rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 53; one from
implements in shape and color and are one of the most the Baron Hatvany Collection, included in the exhibition Song
iconic types of Song ceramics. The form derives from jade Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore,
cong, which are open tubes, and are associated with the 1983, cat. no. 36, and sold in our London rooms, 5th
Neolithic Liangzhu culture. A Þ ne example from the Shanghai November 1996, lot 605; an example sold in our London
Museum, Shanghai, was included in the exhibition Gems rooms, 5th November 2014, lot 23; another, sold in the same
of Liangzhu Culture, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong rooms, 13th May 2015, lot 106; one sold in our Hong Kong
Kong, 1992, cat. no. 57. rooms, 4th April 2017, lot 3009; and a further one sold in our
London rooms, 16th May 2018, lot 75.
$ 50,000-70,000
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