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A RARE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON VASE AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 30 July 2025, based on sample number P125k8, sets the firing date of the sample taken between 600 and 1000 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.Expert's note: A dog standing foursquare is a motif sometimes found in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Such dogs were regarded as guardians, protecting households and property, their stance reflecting both stability and alertness. The highly raised, curling tail is a characteristic feature from this period, symbolizing a high grade of confidence. It is remarkable that the dog on this lid has survived nearly a millennium without any damage.China, 11th-12th century. Sturdily potted, the lobed baluster body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a high angled shoulder surmounted by a gently waisted neck and a broad cupped mouth with incurved rim. Each lobe is fluidly carved with scrolling foliage, beneath a finely crackled olive-green glaze darkening in the recesses, attractively pooling to the interior below the mouth to a pale sea-green tone, and stopping unevenly above the base to reveal the buff-colored ware. The domed cover topped by a finial in the form of a dog standing foursquare with curling tail.Provenance: From a private collection in Berlin, Germany.Condition: Superb condition with expected ancient wear and typical firing irregularities including kiln grit to the base and small glaze recesses, little flaking and minor losses to the glaze mostly at the foot. The base with two small holes from sample-taking with associated fills.Weight: 1,410 gDimensions: Height 30.4 cmThe covered vase with galleried mouth is a typical form of Northern Song Longquan ware. The form has gradually changed from a tall tapering body with long neck in the early Northern Song dynasty to an ovoid body with shorter neck in the late Northern Song dynasty. Meanwhile, the glaze color developed a more olive tone, and the carved decoration became more robust.One usage of Longquan covered vases was revealed by the inscription on one example from the Sir Percival David Collection, dated Five Dynasties or early Song, 31.4 cm high, illustrated in Godfrey St. George Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, 1958, p. 66, no. 22. The inscription reads: 'with the prayer that this vessel will hold fragrant wine for hundreds and thousands of years. That I may have a thousand sons and ten thousand grandsons. That they may be wealthy and live long lives. That they may enjoy good fortune and happiness. On the fifteenth day of the nineth month of leap year in the third year of the Yuanfeng period (1080). I have fired this vessel, signed by Liang Yingcheng'. Hence, covered jars of the current type could be used as funerary jars containing offerings such as wine and grains. This practice was a local custom in Southern Zhejiang and Northern Fujian province.Literature comparison:Compare a related Longquan celadon-glazed lidded vase, Northern Song dynasty, dated 11th century, 26 cm high, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number CIRC.52-1927. A similar vase lacking the cover was excavated from a tomb dated to the Yuanfeng reign (1078-1085), illustrated in Zhu Boqian, Longquanyao qingci (Celadons from Longquan Kilns), Taipei, 1998, p. 104, no. 64. Another vase of similar form is in the Qingyuan County Cultural Relics Bureau, illustrated in Zhongguo Longquan qingci (Longquan Celadon of China), Hangzhou, 1998, p. 45. For an earlier example with loop handles and a lotus-like cover, decorated with incised floral patterns, see ibid., p. 46.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2804 Price: HKD 1,960,000 or approx. EUR 265,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare carved Longquan celadon vase and cover, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, carved decoration, and olive-green glaze. Note the size (26.6 cm).

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