Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
PROPERTY FROM THE HAUGE COLLECTION
A RARE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED KUNDIKA, YUAN DYNASTY
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED KUNDIKA
YUAN DYNASTY
元 龍泉窰青釉淨瓶
the baluster body atop a short tapering foot, the long cylindrical neck rising out of a pronounced flange above the shoulder, covered overall with an unctuous sea-green glaze, stopping unevenly to reveal the burnt orange foot, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 6¾ in., 17.3 cm
Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, prior to 17th December 1950.
Collection of Victor (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge, and thence by descent.
來源
繭山龍泉堂，東京，1950年12月17日之前
Victor (1919-2013) 及 Takako (1923-2015) Hauge 伉儷收藏，此後家族傳承
Known as a jizi ping (bottle in the shape of the character ji), the present lot closely resembles a kundika, a Buddhist holy water vessel. Only a small number of Longquan vessels of this form are known. A much larger example (48.2 cm high) in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Longquan of the World. Longquan Celadon and Globalization. Vol. II. State Vessels, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2019, cat. no. 067. A 'Tobi Seiji' vessel of the same form with its accompanying stand was offered in these rooms, 18th March 2008, lot 102.