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A BISCUIT LONGQUAN CELADON The present jar, crisply decorated with impressed biscuit
‘IMMORTALS’ JAR, GUAN panels, belongs to a renowned type of Longquan celadon
YUAN – EARLY MING DYNASTY wares. Among the famous examples is a covered jar of
this size and design from the collection of the Manno Art
robustly potted with a baluster body rising from a gently Museum, but attributed to the late 14th to early 15th century,
flared foot to a wide cylindrical neck, the exterior decorated included in Chinese Arts of the Sung and Yuan Periods, Tokyo
with eight quatrefoil panels in biscuit, each variously National Museum, Tokyo, 1961, cat. no. 206, and sold at
depicting one of the Eight Daoist Immortals, above another Christie’s London, 21st June 2001, lot 94.
horizontal register of biscuit panels depicting stylised floral The octagonal form of the current jar is reminiscent of the
sprays, the rim encircled by chevron and lappet bands, 14th century facetted meiping with eight biscuit panels of
applied overall save for the biscuit panels with a sea-green Daoist immortals from the Sir Percival David Collection
glaze and now in the British Museum, included in Stacey Pierson,
36.8 cm, 14½ in.
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the
Collection, London, 2002, cat. no. 35 (PDF.203).
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs Albert R. Louis.
Sotheby’s New York, 29th November 1956, lot 312. 此罐巧以澀胎模印飾紋，配合青釉，相得益彰，類屬龍
Sotheby’s New York, 22nd February 1973, lot 200.
泉窰瓷名品。類例中要數萬野美術館舊藏蓋罐，器形、
尺寸、飾樣與此相近，惟斷代十四世紀末至十五世紀
HK$ 100,000-150,000 初，收錄在《中國宋元美術展目錄》，東京國立博物
US$ 12,800-19,200
館，東京，1961年，編號206，後售於倫敦佳士得2001
年6月21日，編號94。
元至明初 龍泉青釉露胎開光八仙花卉紋罐
此罐妙採八方之式，形與大維德爵士舊藏十四世紀青釉
來源： 露胎八仙梅瓶異曲同工，該瓶現存倫敦大英博物館，
Albert R. Louis 夫人收藏 圖見畢宗陶，《Percival David Foundation of Chinese
紐約蘇富比1956年11月29日，編號312 Art: A Guide to the Collection》，倫敦，2002年，編號
紐約蘇富比1973年2月22日，編號200 35（PDF.203）。

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