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A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT LARGE 南宋ǎ龍泉⒋青釉૯魚龍耳瓶
LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE
Ϝ源
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
武山ـˑ
珍藏
名۵屋
日本
武山ـˑ
珍藏
春秋७
名۵屋
日本
The vase is robustly potted with a mallet-shaped body with angular, sloping
૯阪美術Ц樂部
年 月 日
拍品編號
shoulders. The tall neck is flanked by a pair of handles in the form of dragon-
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
headed fish, below the widely flared, dish-shaped mouth. The vase is covered
overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green color, which ends in an irregular line
above the unglazed foot rim.
13æ in. (35 cm.) high, silk pouch, Japanese double wood box
$700,000-1,000,000

PROVENANCE:
Takeyama Kanshichi (1854-1907) Collection, Nagoya, Japan.
Takeyama Kanshichi Collection, Shunjuen, Nagoya, Japan; Osaka Bijutsu Club,
20 January 1914, lot 274.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

(base)

The present vase as illustrated in the Osaka Bijutsu Club auction catalogue, 20 January 1914.
本拍品曾ֵⅫ於૯阪美術Ц樂部 年 月 日拍賣圖錄

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