5th Mar, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 206
 

206

A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘HUNDRED RIB’ JAR AND ‘LOTUS’ COVER, YUAN TO EARLY MING
元至明初龍泉青釉白條紋荷葉蓋罐

Sold for €10,112

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Lot details

China, 14th-15th century. The heavily-potted jar of compressed form, molded with vertical ribs extending from below the short neck to the thick foot, the lobed cover in the form of a lotus leaf with similarly ribbed sides, both covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of sea-green tone thinning to pale green on the ribs and stopping irregularly at the foot, exposing the buff ware.

Provenance: From a noted private collection in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, intentional crackling. A small chip with associated hairline as well as a larger hairline to the interior of the cover, one small chip to the foot.

Weight: 4,971 g
Dimensions: Height 26 cm

Literature comparison: Compare with a related jar from the collection of the Ottoman sultans and now in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, included in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. I, pl. 213, and another, in the Tokyo National Museum, published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, cat. no. 14. A similar jar of closely related size (24.5 cm high), is illustrated by J. Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1956, pl. 130, no. 29.650, where it is dated to the 14th century.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related jar, but missing the cover, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 19 March 2009, lot 710, sold for USD 50,000. Compare a closely related, though slightly larger jar and cover at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, on 27 November 2013, lot 3290, sold for HKD 600,000.

元至明初龍泉青釉白條紋荷葉蓋罐
中國,十四至十五世紀。厚胎,罐身溜肩,上腹飽滿下腹斜收,矮圈足。外壁自對準向下至足端以整齊隔開的對准出筋裝飾。罐蓋如荷葉狀,曲線起伏。釉色蒼翠豐腴,光澤感強。

來源:美國波斯頓一著名私人收藏
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和燒製不規則現象,刻意產生開片。 一處磕損,以及罐蓋內的一條較大的裂縫,足部還有一條小碎片。

重量:4,971 克
尺寸:高26 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近的罐,缺蓋,售于紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art拍場,2009年3月19日,lot 710, 售價USD 50,000。另一件尺寸更大的蓋罐售于香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場,2013年11月 27日,售價HKD 600,000。


 

China, 14th-15th century. The heavily-potted jar of compressed form, molded with vertical ribs extending from below the short neck to the thick foot, the lobed cover in the form of a lotus leaf with similarly ribbed sides, both covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of sea-green tone thinning to pale green on the ribs and stopping irregularly at the foot, exposing the buff ware.

Provenance: From a noted private collection in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, intentional crackling. A small chip with associated hairline as well as a larger hairline to the interior of the cover, one small chip to the foot.

Weight: 4,971 g
Dimensions: Height 26 cm

Literature comparison: Compare with a related jar from the collection of the Ottoman sultans and now in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, included in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. I, pl. 213, and another, in the Tokyo National Museum, published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, cat. no. 14. A similar jar of closely related size (24.5 cm high), is illustrated by J. Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1956, pl. 130, no. 29.650, where it is dated to the 14th century.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related jar, but missing the cover, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 19 March 2009, lot 710, sold for USD 50,000. Compare a closely related, though slightly larger jar and cover at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, on 27 November 2013, lot 3290, sold for HKD 600,000.

元至明初龍泉青釉白條紋荷葉蓋罐
中國,十四至十五世紀。厚胎,罐身溜肩,上腹飽滿下腹斜收,矮圈足。外壁自對準向下至足端以整齊隔開的對准出筋裝飾。罐蓋如荷葉狀,曲線起伏。釉色蒼翠豐腴,光澤感強。

來源:美國波斯頓一著名私人收藏
品相:狀況極佳,有輕微磨損和燒製不規則現象,刻意產生開片。 一處磕損,以及罐蓋內的一條較大的裂縫,足部還有一條小碎片。

重量:4,971 克
尺寸:高26 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近的罐,缺蓋,售于紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art拍場,2009年3月19日,lot 710, 售價USD 50,000。另一件尺寸更大的蓋罐售于香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場,2013年11月 27日,售價HKD 600,000。


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