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A PAIR OF SMALL YAOZHOU CELADON
MOLDED DISHES

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH
CENTURY

Each has shallow, rounded sides that rise to

a lipped rim, and is molded on the bottom

of the interior with a stem bearing three

chrysanthemum blossoms amidst a dense

ground of small curling leaves, below a

narrow sawtooth border and leaf scroll in the

well, and each is covered overall with a glaze

of dark olive color that thins on the raised

areas.

4º in. (10.9 cm.) diam. (2)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s London, 19 December 1990, lot
108.

Compare the Yaozhou celadon molded dishes
of the same shape, with a similar design, but of
larger size (20.5 cm. and 19.3 cm.), illustrated by
J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979
reprint, pl. 2 j and k, as well as pl. 2 i, described
as a basin, which looks to have a rim very similar
to that of the present dishes.

北宋/金
耀州窯青釉模印菊紋小盤一對

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON VASE
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 12TH-14TH
CENTURY

The vase is sprig molded and applied with
meandering stems bearing peony blossoms
between a band of carved upright leaves on
the lower body and three foliate sprays on
the neck, and is covered overall with a thick
glaze of sea-green tone.
20æ in. (52.8 cm.) high

$40,000-60,000

A similar Longquan celadon molded vase, also
with reduced, metal-bound rim, but of smaller
size (27.6 cm.), was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2221. See, also, two
Longquan celadon vases with similar molded
decoration and with reduced, metal-bound
rims, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Cereamics
in the Topkapay Saray Museum, vol. I, London,
1986, pp. 288-9, nos. 205 (TKS 15/213 and TKS
15/9755).

南宋/元
龍泉青釉模印纏枝牡丹紋大瓶

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