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A ZHEJIANG CELADON-GLAZED EWER AND
COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
of low domed form, set to one side with a short, straight
spout, and to the other with a strap handle, carved around
the sides with a band of foliage above a border of broad
lappets with combed details, the flattened cover surmounted
with a small knop and pierced with two holes, the ewer and
cover applied with an olive-green glaze, thinning at the rims
and stopping unevenly above the foot to reveal the buff body
(2)
Width 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
PROVENANCE
sotheby’s London, 9th June 1992, lot 140.
$ 6,000-8,000

北宋 青釉刻花執壺 648
來源
倫敦蘇富比1992年6月9日，編號140

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A RARE OVAL MOLDED POTTERY ‘DRAGON’
PLAQUE
SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the principal side with a sinuous four-clawed dragon in high
relief walking upon its hind legs, its tail sweeping between
the legs, its upright torso twisting in a sharp s-curve, the
grimacing face directed forward, four small armored figures
climbing up the dragon’s body and a fifth straddling the
dragon’s head, the figures wielding axes, halberds, and
other weapons, the dragon grasping a conical weapon in one
hand, the bodies of the dragon and figures impressed with a
stippled texture, the reverse unadorned, custom stand (2)
Length 4¾ in., 12 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Johannes hellner (1866-1947).
the dragon on the present plaque bears a strong
resemblance to dragons woven in textiles produced in China
and Central asia the 11th and 12th centuries. Compare the
dragon in an early 12th century northern song kesi in the
collection of the national palace museum, taipei, as well
as dragons in an 11th-12th century Central asian kesi in the
collection of the metropolitan museum of art, new York,
both published in When Silk was Gold: Central Asian and
Chinese Textiles, metropolitan museum of art and Cleveland
museum of art, new York and Cleveland, 1998, fig. 16 and
cat. no. 13, respectively.
$ 4,000-6,000
649
宋 / 金 陶印龍紋牌
來源
Johannes Hellner (1866-1947) 收藏

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