Olivia Xu
Associate Specialist
Lot 308
A SMALL LONGQUAN 'MALLET' VASE 13th century
Amended
2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Edward Luper
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A SMALL LONGQUAN 'MALLET' VASE
13th century
The vase well-potted with a mallet-shaped body, the sides tapering slightly from the canted shoulder towards the foot, the tall neck surmounted by a widely flared mouth with a lipped rim, covered overall with an even glaze of soft bluish-green tone. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.
The vase well-potted with a mallet-shaped body, the sides tapering slightly from the canted shoulder towards the foot, the tall neck surmounted by a widely flared mouth with a lipped rim, covered overall with an even glaze of soft bluish-green tone. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.
Footnotes
十三世紀 龍泉窯青釉棒槌瓶
The name of this vessel shape is based on its resemblance to a paper mallet with its nearly cylindrical body, long cylindrical neck and flattened mouth. This form was likely introduced into China from the Near or Middle East and probably derived from a glass prototype; see for example an Islamic glass bottle unearthed from a Liao tomb in Inner Mongolia, dated to AD 1018, illustrated in The Liao Dynasty Tomb of Princess Chen, Beijing, 1993, fig.14-2.
The particular version of the mallet-shaped vase exemplified by the present lot, lacking the handles, is quite rare amongst surviving Longquan celadon-glaze vessels dating to the Southern Song and Yuan dynasty. Compare with a similar Longquan mallet vase, Song dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty II, Hong Kong, 1996, p.112, no.100.
Compare with a similar celadon-glazed mallet vase, Southern Song dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, lot 1046, 13 September 2019.
Saleroom notices
Please note the measurement should be 14cm (5 1/2in) high, and not as stated in the catalogue. 請注意是件拍品尺寸應為14cm(5 1/2in)高，與圖錄所述不同。
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