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A YUE CELADON 'FROG' JAR A RARE YUE CELADON TRIPOD CENSER Reticulated Yue censers are very rare yet a few excavated examples have
EASTERN JIN DYNASTY (AD 317-420) JIN DYNASTY (AD 265-420) been published. A similar Yue censer, but with pyramidal, rather than
crescent-form openings, excavated in 1974 from a tomb dated to the year
The globular body is applied with head and The globular censer is supported on three small cabriole legs and is pierced
305 in Zhangwan, Dongfeng commune, Wuxi county, is in the collection of
hindquarters of a frog, below the neck set with four with saw-toothed crescents and trianglar openings. The vessel is surmounted
the Nanjing museum and illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art
small loop handles. The vessel is covered overall by a bird finial raised on a tripod tray with everted rim and is covered overall in a
Unearthed in China, vol. 9, Beijing, 2008, no. 43, where several other yue
with an olive-green glaze. pale greyish-green glaze.
examples were illustrated, nos. 54, 61, and 77.
4æ in. (12.2 cm.) high, cloth box 7q in. (19 cm.) high, cloth box
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P122a26 is consistent
$10,000-15,000 $20,000-30,000 with the dating of this lot.

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 29 November 1987. 私́珍藏
27 October 1989.
晉ǎ㈻⒋青釉鏤⑤˕足爐
Ϝ源
私人珍藏
(BMBYJF "SU 王炳權

香港
年 月 日
東晉 越窯青釉堆塑蛙紋四繫罐
來源: 此器經Ḫ津熱釋Բ測年法測ぜ 測ぜ編號1 B
，ㄗ實與本圖錄̃斷代ⓡ合
Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1989年10月27日

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A YUE CELADON FROG-FORM JAR
WESTERN JIN DYNASTY (AD 265-316)
The jar is naturalistically modeled as a recumbent
frog with its head raised, and mouth forming the
spout, its back set with a small cylindrical neck.
The vessel is covered overall with with a greyish-
green glaze.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong,
27 October 1989.

私人珍藏
西晉 越窯青釉蛙形水盂
來源:
Galaxie Art (王炳權), 香港, 1989年10月27日

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