A rare large carved Dingyao bowl & A Longquan celadon tripod censer. Song Dynasty

A rare large carved Dingyao bowl. Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

The wide flaring sides rising from a narrow tapered foot to a foliate rim, the interior carved with a lotus blossom borne on a leafy scrolling branch, the metal-bound rim notched to conform to the lobed sides, evenly covered overall with an ivory-white glaze, 8 3/4 in. (22.1 cm.) diam., box - Price Realized HK$1,220,000 ($158,169)

宋 定窰白釉刻蓮花花口盌

Provenance: A Japanese private collection

Literature: Souno Toji, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Japan, 1979, no. 54
Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Japan, 1987, no. 413
Toji Taikei 37: Hakuji, Heibonsha, Japan, 1986, nos. 71 and 72

Exhibited: David Lin & Co., From Subtlety to Splendor, Taipei, 2004, pl. 3

Notes: Compare a smaller dingyao bowl with similar carved-lotus decoration and metal-bound rim included in the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, no.73.

A Longquan celadon tripod censer. Song Dynasty (960-1279)

The compressed globular body moulded with a raised rib at the shoulder, connected to three raised lines running vertically from the shoulder to each conical foot, the straight neck supporting a flattened everted mouth rim, covered overall in a pale celadon glaze, 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diam., Japanese gilt-silver openwork cover, Japanese wood boxes - Price Realized HK$300,000 ($38,894)

宋 龍泉窰青釉三足爐

Notes: This shape, inspired by ancient bronze li, was produced during the Southern Song through to the Yuan period for the domestic as well as the export market. The numerous examples of Longquan tripod censers retrieved from the Sinan shipwreck provide evidence that this shape was much sought after in Japan, the original destination of the ship's cargo, and where they have since been widely collected.

A number of Longquan celadon censers of this size and shape are published, including several in renowned museum collections. Examples in the Tokyo National Museum and Percival David Foundation, London, are published in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Kodansha series, Tokyo, 1982, vol. 1, no. 97, and vol. 6, no. 37, respectively. Others include the example in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis Museum of Art, p. 196, no. 79; The Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, in the Catalogue, vol. I, Geneva, 1972, no. A99; the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain, Taipei, 1974, no. 12; and in the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated in the Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Milikin Collection, Cleveland, 1990, no. 6.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 1 December 2009. Hong Kong www.christies.com

Comments

[dsi r4]

These two bowls look so nice and attractive.bowls look very different and retro today's generation like this kind of bowl.