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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL A LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER A number of Longquan celadon censers of the same shape are published,
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279) SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279) including several in renowned museum collections. Examples in the Tokyo
National Museum and Percival David Foundation, London, are published in
The rounded sides of the bowl rise to a slightly everted rim and the The compressed body is raised on three slightly splayed, conical legs and has
Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1982, vol. 1, no. 97,
exterior is carved with overlapping petals. The bowl is covered in a three narrow flanges formed by slip beginning on the shoulder and trailing
and vol. 6, no. 37, respectively. Others include the example illustrated by J.
glaze of even celadon tone. down each leg. The censer is covered overall with a soft green glaze of even
Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, vol. I, Geneva, 1972, no. A99; in
tone ending at the bottom of the legs to expose the pale grey ware burnt
5√ in. (14.7 cm.) diam. the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of
orange in the firing.
Sung Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1974, no. 12. A larger example (19.7 cm. diam.),
$6,000-8,000 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., reticulated silver cover, Japanese wood box found in 1991 in Jinyu village of Nanqiong, Suining city, Sichuan province, is
illustrated in Longquan Celadon: The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau,
PROVENANCE:
$20,000-40,000 1998, pp. 210-11, no. 83.
Christie’s London, 10 December 1990, lot 114.
A Private Collection. PROVENANCE:
Harmony Of Form, Serenity Of Color: A Private Collection of Mizoguchi family collection, Japan, according to label on box. 南宋ǎ龍泉青釉弦紋˕足爐
'Song' Ceramics; Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2011, lot 570.
Ϝ源
The accompanying wood box of the present censer has an inscription
The present bowl, carved with the upright petals on the of the Mizoguchi family, a federal clan from the Edo period to the Meiji 碧雲山房蓄藏ḵ品
日本
據木盒標籤
exterior, is a classic ware of the Southern-Song Longquan restoration, 17th-19th century. The Mizoguchi family ruled Shibata domain
kilns. Longquan bowls of this design can be found in some in the northern part of Niigata prefecture. The family was known for their
of the world’s greatest collections, and include the one in the high cultural standards and devotion to the art of the tea ceremony. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessioned no. 17.57.1 (Rogers family was also very passionate about art, amassing a collection over many
Fund, 1917), and another example in the Art Institute of Chicago, generations consisting primarily of tea ceremony objects.
no. 1945.303 (Gift of Russell Tyson). See, also, the virtually
1082 identical example from the Muwen Tang collection, sold at The shape of this censer, based on that of the ancient bronze li, was
Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 130. produced from the Southern Song into the Yuan period for the domestic as
well as the export market. The numerous tripod censers retrieved from the
Sinan shipwreck provide evidence that this shape was much sought after in
顯赫紐約私人珍藏
Japan, the original destination of the ship's cargo, and where they have since
南宋 龍泉青釉蓮瓣形盌 been widely collected.
來源:
The thick, translucent glaze is typical of this type of Southern Song (Mizoguchi family label on box)
倫敦佳士得, 1990年12月10日, 拍品編號114 Longquan ware, as is the lack of any decoration other than the flanges.
私人珍藏
紐約蘇富比, 「Harmony Of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private
Collection of 'Song' Ceramics」, 2011年3月23日, 拍品編號570

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
1083
A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON BALUSTER JAR
AND COVER
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY OR LATER
The jar is carved with slender, vertical, rib-like petals which are
repeated on the domed section of the leaf-form cover with stem
finial. The jar and cover are covered in a lustrous, sea-green glaze.
5¡ in. (13.7 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
Christie's New York, 3 June 1993, lot 206.

顯赫私人珍藏
南宋/元或以後 龍泉青釉瓜棱形蓋罐
來源:
紐約佳士得, 1993年6月3日, 拍品編號206

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