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An early Chinese Longquan celadon mallet-shaped vase, song…
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Sydney
Date:
31-Aug-2017
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An early Chinese Longquan celadon mallet-shaped vase, song Dynasty (960-1279), or later, well-potted, with a cylindrical body, rising from a low foot-rim to a canted shoulder, and terminating by a dish-shaped mouth. The neck with crackle glaze, flanked by an applied pair of serpentine dragon-fish handles. Covered overall in a fine bluish-green glaze, the unglazed hand-pared foot-rim revealing the dark brown dressing, with glazed base, 26.5 cm high, Exhibitions, Sparse Shadows, flying pearls', Qag, 27 August 2005 - 27 November, 2005, illus. In catalogue., Literature, Southeast Asian Ceramics Society, Chinese Celadons and other related wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore 1955, pp. 160-163, pls. 72 & 73. Other Notes: celadon vases of this 'Mallet' shape generally known under the Japanese term kinuta, are among the most sought-after Longquan vessels. It has been suggested by several scholars that this shape, despite resembling a paper mallet, May in fact have been introduced to china as a glass vase or bottle from the Islamic west, possibly Iran., reference: for similar, please refer to the mallet vase in the V&A collection, London, given by Sir Alan Barlow, as illustrated in rose Kerr's, song Dynasty Ceramics, V&A Publications, London: 2004
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Antiquities: Asian