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A VERY RARE CARVED LONGQUAN
CELADON VASE AND COVER

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

The vase is carved on the baluster body with stylised
floral scroll above lotus petals around the base. The
cover with a foliate rim is surmounted by a bird-form
finial. Both the vase and cover are covered with an
unctuous glaze of soft sea-green tone.
9 Ω in. (24 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection in Kyushu, purchased
from Hirano Kotoken, Osaka, in the 1970s

Compare with a vase of similar form in the Idemitsu
Museum, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
Collection, Tokyo, 1987, col. pl. 95.

南宋 龍泉青釉刻花卉紋鳥形鈕蓋罐
來源
日本九州私人收藏，1970 年代購於平野古陶軒

龍泉窯龍虎罐多有龍形或虎形雕刻環繞瓶頸，如此瓶般無龍
虎形雕刻則實為罕見。類似形制可見於出光博物館，著錄於
《出光美術館藏品圖錄：中國陶瓷》，東京，1987 年，圖版
95 號。

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