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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1041
A RARE JIZHOU JAR AND COVER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The jar is carved through a fnely-crackled creamy glaze on the
exterior with a prunus branch. The cover modeled as a lotus leaf
below a stem-form fnial.
3√ in. (10 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
John Sparks, London (according to label).
Lord Cunlife (1899-1963) Collection, no. 94.
The Cunlife Collection: Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings;
Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 33.
南宋 吉州窯「一剪梅紋」荷葉蓋罐

1041

PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1042
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The cover is fnely carved with a prunus branch
against a combed wave ground within a raised
border, the interior of the box potted with an inner
raised circular grinding slab and a reservoir. The
box and cover are covered inside and out with a
glaze of olive-green color except for the inner rims
and recessed base which are burnt orange-brown
in the fring.
3Ω in. (8.4 cm.) diam., cloth box, Japanese wood
box
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE 1042
Mayuyama, Tokyo.
北宋 龍泉青釉窯刻花蓋盒

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