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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A VERY RARE LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON BARREL-FORM
JAR
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
The jar is decorated in relief on the exterior with a continuous peony scroll
interrupted by a pair of animal-masks suspending rings, between rows of small
bosses applied to the raised bands above and below. It is covered overall with
a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins on the raised areas and falls to the
unglazed bottom of the foot which is burnt orange-brown in the fring.

9Ω in. (23.9 cm.) diam., lacquer cover, Japanese wood box
$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE
Yasuda Yukihiko (d. 1978) Collection, Japan, after 1950.
EXHIBITED
Tokyo, Japan Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Chinese Celadon, 13-14 October
1950.
LITERATURE
Japan Ceramic Society, ‘Catalogue of Exhibition of Chinese Celadon’, Nihon
bijutsu kogei (Japan Art and Crafts), December 1950, no. 56.
Exhibition label of the present jar for the
南宋/元 龍泉青釉浮雕牡丹紋大鼓釘罐 Japan Ceramic Society, ‘Catalogue of
Exhibition of Chinese Celadon’, Nihon
bijutsu kogei (Japan Art and Crafts),
December 1950, no. 56.

(another view with box))