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The Estate of the Late Graham Cornall; Fine Decorative Arts From Various Sources — Mossgreen Auctions

Auction House: Mossgreen Auctions Number of lots recorded: 185
Sale Title: The Estate of the Late Graham Cornall; Fine Decorative Arts From Various Sources Lots with images: 176
Auction Location: Melbourne Prices available: 34
Date: 25/11/2008









Lot Description Price Image
*** A longxuan celadon jar, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, divided into eight vertical panels with moulded alternate designs of flower heads and characters beneath a good thick glaze. 22 cm high, 20 cm diameter at mouth. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23rd November 2006, Lot 405 ***
*** A longxuan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th Century, th barbed rim a flower head in the centre, the cavetto in the form of a band of petals, a burnt orange ring under the base. 31 cm diameter ***
*** A Longxuan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century, with foliate rim, a moulded floral design in the centre, ribbed cavetto, an unglazed burnt orange ring on the base. 33 cm diameter. Provenance: Joshua McClelland Print Room, October 2000 ***
*** A large Longxuan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century, with a moulded flower design in the centre beneath a good even green glaze, a burnt orange ring under the base. 39.2 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's, Lot 380. Sydney L Moss Limited, London ***
*** A large Chinese Yueyao ovoid vase, 10th Century, with two lug handles, the body divided by five vertical bands, modelled and combed with large peony flowers. 31 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17th May 2004, John Kenny Collection, Lot 27. Exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria, Chinese Ceramics From. Private Collections, 1974, cat no 259. Reference. See William Willletts, Foundations of Chinese Art, Figure 164 ***
*** A rare large Yueyao celadon Kundika, 10th century, incised with a floral design, 33 cm high ***
*** A large ovoid celadon funerary vase and cover, Song Dynasty, 960/1279, with five certical spouts at the shoulder 28.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17th May 2004, The John Kenny Collection, Lot 28. Literature. Rose Kerr, Longquan Ware, Northern Sung, page 90, plate 91 ***
*** A longxuan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th Century with barbed rim and moulded cavetto around a central lotus, a burnt orange ring under the base. 31.7 cm diameter. Provenance: John D Dunn Antiques, 5th October 1998 ***
*** A large blue and white saucer dish, 17th/18th Century, freely painted with scrolling design, a single character in the centre, together with a small Ming blue and white dish with biscuit fish, 16th/17th Century. 31.2 cm & 12.4 cm diameter. Provenance: The Bernard Smith Collection (second dish) ***
*** A longxuan celadon bowl, 14th/15th Century, thickly glazed, with a broad crackle together with a longxuan tripod censor and a Longxuan ribbed celadon jarlet 14th/15th Century (3). 15.5 cm diameter (bowl). 8.8 cm diameter (censor). 5.7 cm high (jarlet) *** N/A 
*** An oil spot stoneware tea bowl together with a crackle glazed censor-a celadon glazed dragon bowl, a Korean celadon water dropper and a Chinese teapot (5) ***
*** A celadon crackle-glazed stem cup, circa 18th Century, with lobbed rim and pale grey green glaze, 9.5 cm diameter, 5.3 cm high ***
*** A Qingbai stem cup and stand, Song Dynasty, 12th/13th Century, both covered with a greenish white glaze. SeeRose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, pl 99 14.7 cm high ***
*** A Yaozhou conical bowl, Song Dynasty, 960/1279, carved on the interior with a flower scroll under a dark olive green glaze, 19.3 cm diameter ***
*** A Sawankalok celadon faceted globular vase, 14th/15th Century, covered with a greenish blue glaze; Together with a Sawankalok celadon bowl and brown glazed jarlet, 16 cm high (vase), 11.5 cm diameter (bowl) ***
*** A celadon jade belt hook, an apple green and celadon jade duck and lily group *** N/A 
*** A Chinese silver slipper. Impressed marks, 13 cm long ***
*** A gold and red lacquered wooden lion dog 14.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese cinnabar lacquer box, late Qing Dynasty, carved with figures in a landscape, 15.3 x 9 cm ***
*** A pumpkin shape box and cover, Northern Song, 960/1127, with a good opaque greenish white glaze over a white body. SeeRose Kerr, Song Ceramics, pl 106 for a similar example, 8.8 cm diameter ***

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