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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED INCENSE 南宋 龍泉窰青釉雙耳爐
BURNER, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Japanese wood box (3)
Width across handles 7¼ in., 18.4 cm
Another closely related Longquan celadon incense burner
of archaistic gui form, similarly potted with two ring bands
around the body and closely related handles, is illustrated in
Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 124. See also
an example included by Mayuyama, An Exhibition of Song
Ceramics, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 5, and another illustrated
in Song Ceramics: Utensils of Sublime Beauty, Idemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 2018, pl. 92.
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

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A MOLDED ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED See also an example from the Sir Percival David Collection
‘DOUBLE FISH’ DISH, SOUTHERN SONG and now in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Stacey
DYNASTY Pierson, Designs as Signs. Decoration and Chinese Ceramics,
London, 2001, pl. 11, where the author discusses the ‘twin
Japanese wood box (3) fish’ motif as an auspicious symbol of harmonious marriage
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm
and good fortune (p. 19). A dish of this type, attributed to
the Yuan dynasty, is included in Celadons from Longquan
PROVENANCE
Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 218; two dishes recovered from a
Kansai Private Collection.
ship wrecked off the coast of Korea in 1323 are illustrated
Dishes of this popular ‘twin fish’ design were produced in Relics Salvaged from the Seabed off Sinan. Materials I,
from the Southern Song dynasty to the Yuan dynasty. Seoul, 1985, pl. 13; and another dish is published in T. Misugi,
Compare a similar Southern Song dynasty example from Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and
the collection of Sakamoto Goro, sold in these rooms, 16th Ardebil, Hong Kong, 1981, vol. III, pl. A230.
September 2014, lot 2. For an early example see a dish in
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, included in the exhibition ⊖ $ 30,000-40,000
Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon,
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1987, cat. no. 77, 南宋 龍泉窰青釉貼雙魚盤
together with various related dishes and shards of both Song
and Yuan periods, figs 77a-g. 來源：
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