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 A LONGQUAN CELADON `LOTUS’ BOWL  南宋 龍泉窯青釉蓮瓣式盌  A LONGQUAN CELADON `ARROW’ VASE
 SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)  來源:  SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
 The rounded sides are carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of   朝日美術, 東京  The pear-shaped body rises to a tall, slender neck
 overlapping lotus petals rising from the slightly tapering ring foot. The bowl is   辻清明 (1927-2008), 東京  flanked by a pair of tubular handles, and is incised
 covered inside and out with a glaze of soft blue-green tone.  壺中居, 東京  with a series of bands. The vase is covered overall
 6¬ in. (16.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box  with an even glaze of soft sea-green color.
          11Ω in. (29.2 cm.), Japanese wood box
 $8,000-12,000
          $20,000-30,000
 PROVENANCE:
 Asahi Bijutsu, Tokyo.  PROVENANCE:
 Tsuji Seimei (1927-2008), Tokyo.  Private collection, Toyama.
 Kochukyo, Tokyo.

          The form of this vase is based on ‘arrow vases’, or
          touhu, the primary accessory of a drinking game
          which involved throwing all of one's arrows into
          the mouth of the vessel. The loser was assessed
          a penalty drink for every errant throw.
          Too small to actually be used in the drinking
          game, the present vase was probably intended
          to hold flowers. A pair of Longquan celadon
          arrow vases, of the same height, but with wider
          necks, was recovered from the tomb of the Yuan
          calligrapher Xian Yushu (1251-1302). See Zhang
          Yulan, "Hangzhoushi faxian Yuandai Xian Yushu
          mu," Wenwu, 1990:9, p. 24, figs. 11-12. Another
          similar vase is illustrated in The Scholar as
          Collector: Chinese Art at Yale, Yale University Art
          Gallery and China Institute in America, New York,
          2004, p. 18, fig. 8.


          南宋 龍泉窯青釉貫耳瓶
          來源:
          日本富山市私人珍藏
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