an unusual 'longquan' celadon shallow brushwasher Yuan / Southern Song dynasty

covered overall with an unctuous pea-green glaze, the flattened interior left plain, rising up to vertical sides and a lipped rim, the exterior encircled by a raised groove, all atop five irregularly spaced molded bracket feet, the foot rim left unglazed

'Longquan' celadon washers of this form are extremely rare although a larger tripod-vessel of this round and shallow form, in the Wenzhou Museum, is illustrated in Celadons from the Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 185. See also a basin with two horizontal ribs around the outside, in the Nakamura Kinenkan Museum, Kanazawa, published in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 78; and another 'Longquan' washer included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum. Lung-ch'uan Ware, Ko Ware and Other Wares, Tokyo, 1974, pl. 19.

The washer has expected warpage around the rim, and one small section of the interior edge of the rim has uneven surface texture. The interior with one small glaze pull and scattered areas of minor iron spots. One of the feet with kiln adhesions at the bottom. In good overall condition. Inspected under UV light, revealing minor retouching around the rim.
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