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A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED RELIQUARY AND
ATTENDANT FIGURES
Probably Early Ming Dynasty
The reliquary modelled as a stylised house with a two-tiered roof
flanked with decorative mouldings, a front door and a terrace
fence, all covered in a thick green glaze, together with a set of four
attendant figures similarly glazed. The reliquary: 33cm (13in) high (5).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$31,000 - 52,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
Provenance: Collected in the early 20th century in China, and
thence by descent

Compare the present lot with a Longquan celadon-glazed reliquary,
dated Southern Song Dynasty, but without any figures, sold as part of
the Falk Collection at Christie’s, 16 October 2001, lot 115. Also see
another version, but without steps or balustrade, also dated to the
12th-13th century, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and illustrated
in M. Traeger, Song Ceramics, London, 1982, p. 181, no. 252.

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A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CHARGER
14th century
The interior carved with a central lotus flower, with a surrounding
meander, all covered in a thick pea-green hued glaze and raised on a
260 thick foot rim. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

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