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889 A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON                                南宋 元ǭ龍泉窯青釉鳳耳≡
               ‘TWIN-PHOENIX’ MALLET VASE
               SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)               Ϝ源
                                                                    藍理捷
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               The mallet-shaped body tapers slightly towards the foot from the
               canted shoulders, with the tall neck flanked by a pair of phoenix
               handles below the widely flared mouth with upturned rim. The
               vase is covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green tone
               which ends in an irregular line above the unglazed foot rim.
               6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high, brocade box
               $60,000-80,000
               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4032.
               The majority of this type of Longquan celadon mallet vases
               were made with two distinctive handles, either in the form of
               phoenixes, as in the case of the current vase, or in the form of
               fish. A very similar Longquan mallet vase with a pair of phoenix-
               shaped handles, from the Qing Court Collection and now in the
               Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
               Treasures of the Palace Museum - 33 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II),
               Hong Kong, 1996, p. 110, no. 98. Another with fish handles is
               illustrated ibid, p. 110, no. 96.
               A shard of a vase of this form excavated at Longquanxian is
               illustrated by J. Wirgin in Sung Ceramic Designs, Stockholm, 1970,
               fig. 30C-16, together with a larger vase of the same form, pl. 39I.
               A vase of similar size to the present example is illustrated in Special
               Exhibition of Cultural Relics found off Sinan Coast, National Museum
               of Korea, Seoul, 1977, no. 7. Other Longquan mallet vases with
               phoenix handles include one illustrated by M. Sullivan in Chinese
               Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady
               Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 80a; and one in Oriental Ceramics, The
               World’s Great Collections, Museum Pusat, Jakarta, vol. 3, 1982, pl. 130.
               The result of C&C Authentication Laboratory Ltd.
               thermoluminescence test no. 8283RE04C is consistent with the
               dating of this lot.


















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