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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
A RARE SMALL CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON TRUMPET-NECK VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
Details
A RARE SMALL CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON TRUMPET-NECK VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The vase is potted with a baluster body supported on a splayed foot, with an angular sloping shoulder rising to a flared trumpet neck. The body is boldly carved and combed with peony scroll, the shoulder with overlapping lotus petals. It is covered with a thick lustrous glaze in tones ranging from olive-green to paler yellow, suffused in some areas with a fine network of crackles. The base is unglazed.
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The vase is potted with a baluster body supported on a splayed foot, with an angular sloping shoulder rising to a flared trumpet neck. The body is boldly carved and combed with peony scroll, the shoulder with overlapping lotus petals. It is covered with a thick lustrous glaze in tones ranging from olive-green to paler yellow, suffused in some areas with a fine network of crackles. The base is unglazed.
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Literature
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 56, no. 14.
Exhibited
Christie's The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22-27 November 2012; New York 15-20 March 2013; London, 10-14 May 2013.