Lot 65
  • 65

Vase "mallet" en porcelaine à glaçure céladon Chine, dynastie Song, XIIE-XIIIE siècle

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • ceramic
la panse de forme cylindrique surmontée d'un long col droit se terminant par de larges bords plats, recouvert d'une belle glaçure céladon pâle ; éclat au pied

Provenance

From a Japanese Collection.

Condition

There is a small chip (1 cm) inside the footrim, a tiny flaw in the glaze to the mouth rim (showing on the photo in the catalogue) and a pin prick burst air bubble below the top rim, but overall the bottle is in very good condition. The upper part is slightly sagging/leaning to one side. The actual colour is of a darker celadon tone than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue. The Japanese wood box is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Compare a Longquan celadon 'mallet' vase of similar size in the Collection of the Palace Museum illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, II, Hong Kong, 1996, ill. 100.