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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE No other piece of white-glazed porcelain of the 元 白釉貼鳳紋罐
FAMILY COLLECTION Yuan dynasty decorated with a sprig-moulded
AN EXTREMELY RARE WHITE- biscuit design appears to be recorded. This 來源：
decorative technique was very popular during 得自1995年6月6日以前
GLAZED ‘PHOENIX’ JAR the Yuan dynasty both at the Longquan and
YUAN DYNASTY
Jingdezhen kilns and examples of both celadon
and white-glazed pieces with applied decoration
of baluster form, applied in biscuit with a soaring
phoenix amidst scrolling clouds, covered overall are illustrated by Sherman Lee and Wai-Kam Ho,
in a slightly blue-tinged white glaze, the unglazed Chinese art under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty
(1279-1368), pls 74-82 and 107-112. But while
base and the edges of the phoenix fired to a buff-
on celadon pieces the applied decoration was
orange tone
27.5 cm, 10⅞ in. very often left in the biscuit, on white porcelain
it was usually glazed. A white jar with an applied
PROVENANCE prunus branch around the sides, all covered with
the transparent glaze, is illustrated in Tianjin Shi
Acquired before 6th June 1995.
Yishu Bowuguan Cang Ci/Porcelains from the
Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,500 64.

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