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PROPERTY FROM
THE RUI XIU LOU COLLECTION

LOTS 1–20

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PROPERTY FROM THE RUI XIU LOU COLLECTION
A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON TRIPOD CENSER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the compressed globular body rising from three short
tapering legs to a short straight neck and broad everted
rim, each leg with a narrow flange running up to a band at
the shoulder, covered overall with an even matte blue-green
glaze
Width 9.5 cm, 3¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 7th November 1980, lot 153.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, New York.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Ceramics of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), The
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire,
Exhibition April 11 - May 31, 1959, no. 34.
On loan to the Museum of Fine Art, Boston (according to
catalogue entry).
Shiruku Rōdo kotōji ten [Exhibition of Ceramics from the Silk
th
Road], September 17 – 23, 1981, Art Gallery on the 8 Floor
of Matsuzakaya Honten, Nagoya.
LITERATURE
Kristian Jacobsen and Charles E. Buckley, Chinese Ceramics
of the Sung Dynasty, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1959,
pl. 34.
‡ £ 15,000-20,000
HK$ 154,000-206,000 US$ 19,700-26,200
南宋 龍泉窰青釉三足爐

來源
紐約蘇富比1980年11月7日，編號153
Eugene Bernat伉儷收藏
展覽
《Chinese Ceramics of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279)》，
Currier Gallery of Art，曼徹斯特，新罕布什爾州，
1959年，編號34
於波士頓美術館展出
《絲綢之路古陶磁展》，1981年，松坂屋名古屋店八樓
美術画廊
出版
《Chinese Ceramics of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279)》，
Currier Gallery of Art，曼徹斯特，新罕布什爾州，
1959年，編號34

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