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Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong
5 novembre 2009

Six ceramics from Northern Song to Ming dynasty sold @ Sotheby's London

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A small 'jun' bowl. Northern Song dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising steeply from a splayed foot to a slightly incurved rim, all under a pale bluish-grey glaze thinning to a grey-brown colour around the rim and stopping unevenly above the foot - 8.8cm., 3 3/8 in. Est. 18,000—25,000 GBP - Sold 39,650 GBP

PROVENANCE: A Japanese Private Collection.

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A 'yaozhou' pale-glazed tripod censer. Jin dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the boldly potted rounded body supported by three animal-form feet issuing from animal masks and rising to a cylindrical neck and straight everted rim, covered overall with an even, crackled pale greyish-blue glaze - 16cm., 6 3/8 in. Est. 3,000—5,000 GBP - Sold 16,250 GBP

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A 'longquan ' celadon bowl. Ming dynasty, early 15th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a straight rim, carved to the interior with a band of peony above a central floral roundel, the exterior carved with ruyi above a band of ascending leaves above the foot - 20.8cm., 8 1/8 in. Est. 4,000—6,000 GBP - Sold  5,000 GBP.

PROVENANCE: Cunliffe Collection.

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London

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A rare carved 'longquan' celadon 'lianzi' bowl. Ming dynasty, early 15th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's

well potted with deep rounded sides resting on a small foot, the exterior carved with numerous long narrow leaves radiating from the foot to just below the rim, the interior with a mallow floret in the centre and with a key-fret border at the rim, applied overall with an olive-green glaze - 21.9cm., 8 5/8 in. Est. 3,000—5,000 GBP - Sold 3,750 GBP

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, 11th December 1979, lot 213.

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A 'jun' bowl, Jin dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the deep U-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a slightly incurved mouth rim, covered overall in a rich and thick lavender-blue glaze falling short of the base to reveal the light brown body - 14.5cm., 5 3/4 in. Est. 3,000—5,000 GBP - Sold 3,125 GBP

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An incised white-glazed jar. Ming dynasty, Jiajing period. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the broad shouldered baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short tapering neck, freely incised around the exterior with a broad leafy lotus scroll band, all above a lotus-lappet band and covered overall in a milky-white glaze - 18.5cm., 7 1/4 in. Est. ,000—5,000 GBP - Sold 2,375 GBP

NOTE: Jiajing jars of this type are reminiscent of a group of early ceremonial white wares of Yongle's reign.

Compare a larger white-glazed jar of the 16th century, but without any decoration, illustrated in John Alexander Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl. 115, no. 29.773. See also a jar incised with a striding five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds of scrolls, sold at Christie's London, 7th June 2004, lot 4; and another 'dragon' jar, from the Hall Family collection, offered in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd May 2000, lot 515.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 04 Nov 09. London www.sothebys.com

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