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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘FUNERARY’ JAR AND COVER
Southern Song Dynasty
The ovoid body carved around the exterior with lobes, rising to a
rounded shoulder and a short cylindrical neck, a large dragon with
finely-incised scales coiled around the shoulder and upper body
chasing a flaming pearl, the shallow domed cover surmounted by an
animal finial, covered overall with a soft sea-green glaze.
22.5cm (8 7/8in) high. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000
南宋 龍泉青釉貼塑攀虎紋蓋瓶

Provenance: a Swiss private collection

來源：瑞士私人收藏

Longquan celadon-glazed ‘funerary’ jars such as the present lot,
would have originally been made in pairs: one bearing the ‘Green
Dragon of the East’ and the other the ‘White Tiger of the West’. All
the animals and beasts on the jars represented the cardinal directions,
including the bird finial which represented the ‘Red Bird of the South’.
A pair in the Sir Percival David Collection in the British Museum,
London, is illustrated in Song Ceramics: Objects of Admiration,
London, 2003, pl.35. These jars would have been filled with offerings
of grain and placed in the tomb at the cardinal directions.

For other related examples of Longquan celadon ‘funerary’ jars
and covers with dragons and tigers, see also R.Kerr, Song Dynasty
Ceramics, London, 2004, pl.85 and p.95. Various other examples
are illustrated in Longquan yao qingci, Taipei, 1998, pp.132-138;
and Zhongguo Longquan qingci, Hangzhou, 1998, pl.76.

Compare with a similar Longquan celadon ‘funerary’ jar and cover,
Southern Song dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London,
10 November 2016, lot 10.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
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A LONGQUAN CELADON GOURD-SHAPED EWER
Yuan Dynasty
The globular body vertically fluted, applied with a short spout on one
side opposite a C-shaped handle, covered with a thick olive-green
glaze thinning to a lighter shade towards the mouth rim and edges.
11.5cm (4 1/2in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
元 龍泉青釉瓜棱形水注

Provenance: S.Marchant and Son, London (label)
A European private collection

來源：倫敦古董商S.Marchant and Son（標簽）
歐洲私人收藏

Compare with a Longquan celadon ewer and cover, 12th-13th
century, with very similar shape and crackled glaze, illustrated by
U.Wiesner, Chinesische Keramik auf den Philippinen: Die Sammlung
Eric E. Geiling, Cologne, 1977, pl.47. See also a very similar Longquan
ware melon-shaped ewer, Song dynasty, illustrated in The Complete 18
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song
Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, p.142, no.127.

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