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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN LITERATURE illustrated in John Ayers, ‘Some Characteristic
PRIVATE COLLECTION Wares of the Yüan Dynasty’, Transactions of
Ye Peilan, Yuandai ciqi [Porcelain of the Yuan
the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 29, 1954-55,
A RELIEF-DECORATED ‘LONGQUAN’ dynasty], Beijing, 1998, pl. 445B.
pl. 36, Þ g. 7. See also a hexagonal brushpot
CELADON-GLAZED ‘FIGURAL’ GUAN This jar showcases the outstanding
decorated with alternating sides of ß oral scenes
14TH CENTURY craftsmanship at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang and inscription, from the Edward T. Chow
province in the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th
beautifully potted, the rounded body crisply Longquan kilns excelled in creating subtle October 2013, lot 3033.
molded with three lively vignettes within a and understated green-glazed vessels, and
garden setting of an elegant lady and a young moved towards a more exuberant style during $ 60,000-80,000
female attendant engaged in various domestic the Yuan dynasty to contend with increasing
activities, the scenes separated by ß owering competition from the neighboring Jingdezhen ⋩⚃ᶾ䲨ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⹕敋ṽ⤛⚾仸
trees, leafy plants, and an elegant multi-storied kilns with their vivid blue-painted porcelains.
pavilion, all above a band of vertical ribs, The resulting products feature elaborately Ը๕
applied overall with a rich, unctuous sea-green carved, molded or applied decoration, generally RįġCollinġSmithġ⣓Ṣ㓞啷
glaze pooling to a deeper tone at the recesses, of ß oral designs and occasionally with vivid ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼1967⸜2㚰7㖍炻䶐嘇76
save for the unglazed mouthrim and neatly Þ gural scenes from popular Yuan dramas, such 楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿1993⸜10㚰25㖍炻䶐嘇712
trimmed wedge-shaped foot Þ red to a burnt- as the present piece. 楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿1994⸜5㚰2㖍炻䶐嘇622
orange 朄奨➪㓞啷
Compare a jar of this type decorated around
Height 9½ in., 24.1 cm
the sides with the Eight Immortals, sold in our 楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿1996⸜11㚰3㖍炻䶐嘇540
PROVENANCE Hong Kong rooms, 28th-29th April 1992, lot ̈و
22, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June
Collection of Mrs. R. Collin Smith. 叱ἑ嗕炻˪⃫ẋ䒟☐˫炻⊿Ṕ炻1998⸜炻
2011, lot 3818; another, decorated with four
Sotheby’s London, 7th February 1967, lot 76. ⚾䇰445B
Þ gural scenes from a Yuan play, from the Su
Christie’s Hong Kong, 25th October 1993, lot
712. Lin An Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
31st October 1995, lot 310; and a slightly larger
Christie’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 1994, lot 622.
jar, depicting ladies with attendants in a garden
The Jinguantang Collection.
setting, from the Russell Beverley Collection,
Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd November 1996, lot
540.

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