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888 A LONGQUAN CELADON 南宋ǭ十Հ 十Ӳ世紀ǭ龍泉窯青釉鬲式Ӳ足‐
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Dries Blitz, Amsterdam.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3712.
EXHIBITED:
London, Bluett & Sons, The Postan Collection of Early Chinese
Ceramics, 8-25 November 1972.
LITERATURE:
Bluett & Sons, The Postan Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics,
London, 1972, no. 17.

The shape of this censer, based on that of the ancient bronze ritual
food vessel, li, was produced from the Southern Song into the
Yuan period for the domestic as well as the export market. The
numerous tripod censers retrieved from the Sinan shipwreck (1323)
provide evidence that this shape was much sought after in Japan,
the original destination of the ship's cargo, and where they have
since been widely collected.
Longquan celadon censers of this classic form from the Qing Court
Collection, now in the Beijing Palace Museum, are illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 33 -
Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 136, pl.
122, p. 139, pl. 125, and pp. 140-141, pl. 12. Another slightly
smaller censer of this form, also reportedly from the Qing Court
Collection, now in the Percival David Foundation, London, is
illustrated by M. Medley in The World’s Great Collections: Oriental
Ceramics, vol. 6, New York, 1982, no. 37.

Other Longquan celadon censers of this form are in several
museum collections, including one in the Tokyo National Museum
in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 1, Tokyo,
1982, no. 97. Other comparable censers include the example
illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics,
vol. I, Geneva, 1972, no. A99; and the censer in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of
Sung Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1974, no. 12. A larger example
(19.7 cm. diam.), found in 1991 in Jinyu village of Nanqiong,
Suining city, Sichuan province, is illustrated in Longquan Celadon:
The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, pp. 210-11, no. 83.

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