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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
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A RARE SMALL CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON TRUMPET-NECK VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The vase is potted with a baluster body supported on a splayed foot, with an angular sloping shoulder
rising to a fared trumpet neck. The body is boldly carved and combed with peony scroll, the shoulder with
overlapping lotus petals. It is covered with a thick lustrous glaze in tones ranging from olive-green to paler
yellow, sufused in some areas with a fne network of crackles. The base is unglazed.
5Ω in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$12,000-18,000

EXHIBITED
Christie’s The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren
Collection, Hong Kong, 22-27 November 2012; New York 15-20 March 2013; London, 10-14 May 2013.
LITERATURE
Christie’s, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren
Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 56, no. 14.
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