A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE

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21.09.2023 14:15UTC -04:00
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Lot 872 | A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE
A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

The vase is robustly potted with a mallet-shaped body with angular, sloping shoulders. The tall neck is flanked by a pair of handles in the form of dragon-headed fish, below the widely flared, dish-shaped mouth. The vase is covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green color, which ends in an irregular line above the unglazed foot rim.

13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high, silk pouch, Japanese double wood box





Provenance

Takeyama Kanshichi (1854-1907) Collection, Nagoya, Japan.

Takeyama Kanshichi Collection, Shunjuen, Nagoya, Japan; Osaka Bijutsu Club, 20 January 1914, lot 274.

Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
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