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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
紐約
編號
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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