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BEYOND COMPARE: A Thousand Years of the Literati Aesthetic
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE LONGQUAN ی҂ Ꮂݰ४ڡཊॷଧ
CELADON MALLET-SHAPED ‘KINUTA’ VASE
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SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127–1279)
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The vase is superbly potted with a mallet-shaped body, with sides tapering
slightly from the canted shoulder towards the foot. The tall neck is
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surmounted by a widely flared mouth with lipped rim. The vase is covered
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overall with an even glaze of soft bluish-green tone.
9 ¿ in. (23.4 cm.) high ʃ܃ڦ˃ ޜᔛ
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Estimate on Request
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PROVENANCE ࢝ᚎ
The Hachisuka Family Collection (Daimyo of Tokushima Domain) ؇ԯɧ൳ֳ͉dू͞ඔॽ࢝d ϋ ˜ ˚ ˜ ˚
Collection of Shinobu Komuro (1839-1898)
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Collection of Fuyuki Tominaga (brother-in-law of Baron Masuda
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Takashi)
Collection of Baron Masuda Takashi (1848-1938), tea-master name
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Masuda Donno
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Sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 November 2006, lot 54
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EXHIBITED
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Tokyo Mitsukoshi Department Store, Masuda Donno ten (The Masuda
Donno Collection Exhibition), 24 May-5 June 1983 ͣӸඪdඔॽႎණۜ͟টাdڄஔอᆓd؇ԯd ϋ
On loan: Cambridge, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art ˜dࠫ
Museums
On loan: Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago
LITERATURE
Gakuji Hasebe, ed., Sekai toji zenshu (Ceramic Art of the World), vol. 12:
Sung Dynasty, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 207
Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Masuda Donno ten (The Masuda Donno Collection
Exhibition), Tokyo, 1983, no. 34
Shirasaki Hideo, ‘Donno Shushuhin Yuraiki’ (Collecting History of
Masuda Donno), Geijutsu Shincho (Art New Wave Magazine), Tokyo, 1983
May, p. 59
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