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856 A MOLDED YAOZHOU CELADON 北宋ǭ十一世紀ǭ耀州窯青釉獅型薰‐鈕
FIGURE OF A LION
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY Ϝ源
藍理捷
紐約
編號
Possibly the cover of a censer, the lion is shown seated on its
haunches with its proper right paw resting on a ball and mouth
open. The curled mane and tail are detailed with fine lines and A similar Yaozhou figure of a lion from the Calmann Collection,
the chest is applied with a bell and tassels. The lion is seated on a now in the collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris, is illustrated
circular base pierced with an opening leading to the mouth and in Terre de Neige, de Glace, et d’Ombre: Quatorze siècles d’histoire de
is covered overall with a dark olive-green glaze. la céramique chinoise à travers les collections du Musée Guimet, Taipei,
1999, p. 61, no. 23, where it is dated Northern Song.
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) high, fitted metal stand, cloth box
$10,000-15,000 See, also, the fragment of a Yaozhou censer with a lion cover,
discovered at the Yaozhou kiln site in Huangpu, illustrated in
PROVENANCE:
Wu dai Huangpu yao zhi (Excavations of the Five Dynasties Period
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 1984.
Kiln-Site at Huangpu in Tongchuan, Shaanxi), Beijing, 1997,
and in line drawings on p. 139, pl. 75-1, with description on
p. 137. Other fragments of very similar lions found at the Huangpu
kilns are illustrated in Song dai Yaozhou yao zhi (The Yaozhou Kiln
Site of the Song Period), Beijing, 1998, pl. 120, nos. 1-3, and in
line drawings on pp. 400-401, pls. 197-4, 197-5, and 198-1, with
descriptions on p. 399.

857 A MOLDED YAOZHOU CELADON 北宋 金ǭ耀州窯青釉印花魚藻紋盌
‘FISH AND WATER WEEDS’ BOWL
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234) Ϝ源
藍理捷
紐約
編號
The shallow bowl is crisply molded on the interior with small fish
swimming amidst a dense pattern of leafy water weeds and the
underside is freely incised with radiating lines. It is covered overall The pattern on this bowl, with fish amongst dense water weeds,
with a glossy bright olive-green glaze. is extremely rare. One very similar example was sold at Christie's
New York, 20 March 2001, lot 24. More commonly found are
7√ in. (20 cm.) diam., cloth box
bowls with designs of fish on or amongst waves.
$25,000-35,000
A pottery mold of the same water plants and fish design was
PROVENANCE:
discovered at the Yaozhou kiln site in Huangpu, Tongchuan city,
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4877.
Shaanxi province, and is illustrated in line drawings in Song dai
Yaozhou yao zhi (The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period),
Beijing, 1998, p. 490, pl. 238-6, with description on p. 491.

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