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A FINE AND VERY RARE LONGQUAN
CELADON ‘PHOENIX’ VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The ribbed neck is flanked by a pair of moulded phoenixes
above the baluster body, carved in relief with four registers of
overlapping lotus petals. The lotus petals are detailed with finely
incised lines denoting the veining of the leaves. It is covered
overall with a pale green glaze with a slight yellow tint.
12æ in. (32.3 cm.) high, box

HK$500,000-800,000
US$65,000-100,000

PROVENANCE
An old English collection, acquired in the early 1970s
EXHIBITED
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong
Kong, The Multiplicity of Simplicity - Monochrome wares from the
Song to the Yuan dynasties, 2012, no. 64
Compare to a Northern Song dynasty Yue celadon vase
with dish-shaped mouth and bow-string bands on the neck,
exhibited in Mostra D’Arte Cinese/ Exhibition of Chinese Art,
Venice, 1954, cat.no.398. See also a Northern Song dynasty
Ding vase, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol.2, Tokyo, 1977,
p. 161.

Compare with a similar Longquan vase with a plain neck in the
Longquan Museum, Zhejiang Province.

北宋 龍泉青瓷雙鳳耳弦紋盤口瓶
來源
英國私人珍藏，入藏於1970年代
展覽
香港大學美術博物館 ，《大繁若簡 - 宋金元朝的單色釉瓷》，2012
年，圖版 64 號。
此瓶綫條優美，全器刻花工整俐落，通體施淡青泛黄釉，瓶肩上的浮
雕鳳鳥紋十分罕見，與瓶頸上七弦竹節紋互相輝映，相得益彰。在已
知關於北宋早及中期龍泉青瓷的資枓中暫時未發現有相同例子。
可參考其他北宋早期以弦紋作裝飾的盤口瓶，包括一件北宋越窯青瓷
弦紋盤口瓶，1954年於威尼斯《Arte Cinese Chinese Art》展中展
出，圖錄圖版398號；及一件北宋定窯白釉弦紋穿帶瓶，著錄於《世
界陶磁全集—12—宋》，東京，1977年，頁161。
另可比較浙江省龍泉博物館藏一件造型近似但頸部無弦紋的盤口瓶。

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