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                                                                                                                                        A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON PEAR-SHAPED
                                                                                                                                        VASE
                                                                                                                                        SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

                                                                                                             The vase is fnely potted and covered with an even
                                                                                                             glaze of sea-green color that thins on the edges of
                                                                                                             the dished rim.
                                                                                                             5√ in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

                                                                                           $15,000-18,000

                                                                                                                                   Two similar Longquan celadon vases of similar size are
                                                                                                                                   illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the
                                                                                                                                   Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 50, nos.
                                                                                                                                   96 and 97. See, also, the similar vase of slightly larger
                                                                                                                                   size (6¡ in.) sold at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March
                                                                                                                                   2014, lot 2104.

                                                                                                             南宋 龍泉青釉長頸盤口小瓶

                                                                                                                                        PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                   2325
                                                                                                                                        A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL
                                                                                                                                        JIN-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

                                                                                                             The bowl has deep, slightly rounded sides and is
                                                                                                             covered overall with a fnely mottled, milky blue
                                                                                                             glaze that thins to dark mushroom on the rim and
                                                                                                             has two bluish-purple splashes on the interior and
                                                                                                             a smaller one on the exterior.
                                                                                                             7√ in. (20 cm.) diam.

                                                                                            $3,000-5,000

                                                                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE:

                                                                                                             Sotheby’s London, 11 December 1990, lot 215.
                                                                                                             金/元 鈞窯天藍釉紫斑笠式盌

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