Lot 157. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'chrysanthemum' bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 21.5 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD. Lot Sold 7,620 USD. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th November 2018, lot 369.

Note: For a similarly decorated bowl, save for the interior, see one illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istabul, vol. I, London, 1986, pl. 535, where the author notes that bowls of these type have been found at kiln sites in Anfu in the Longquan area as well as Xinan, Huiyang in Guangdong province.
Longquan bowls of this form were first produced in the Southern Song dynasty. For a Southern Song prototype, see one in the Palace Museum, Beijing (accession no. 新00119982).

Lot 165. A carved 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 17.2 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Estimate 35,000 - 45,000 USD. Lot Sold 44,450 USD. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Note: For closely related examples, see one illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 603; another illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istambul, vol. I, London, 1986, pl. 487. See two slightly larger examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession nos 005283N000000000 and 005292N000000000).

Lot 166. A rare 'Longquan' celadon-glazed foliate-rim  'floral' bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 15.4 cm. Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of Marie Vergottis (1914-1999).
Marchant, London, 6th October 2010.
Strauss Collection.
Christie's Paris, 10th December 2021, lot 728.

Note: The present bowl is rare on account of its form and decoration. The lobed exterior is decorated with upright scrolling branches while the interior is carved with radiating petals encircling a central flowerhead. Dishes with similar decoration to the interior of the present bowl are more well known. See one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 1, Beijing, 2019, cat. no. 152; another in the collection of Ng Seng Hiok, included in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, cat. no. 228; and five illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pls 402-404. Compare a stem cup of related form in the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, and included in Chinese Ceramics: The Wong Collection, Phoenix, 1982, cat. no. 29.

Lot 167. Two 'Longquan' celadon-glazed  'floral' jars and covers, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 17 cm. Estimate 12,000 - 18,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Warren E. Cox, New York.
Collection of Chester D. Tripp (1883-1974).
Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (accession nos 1988.169.2a-b).
Christie's New York, 12th September 2019, lot 703.

Note: See a closely related jar and cover, and a slightly larger jar with a similar cover in the Palace Museum, Beijing, both illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 2, Beijing, 2019, cat. nos 183 and 173 respectively. Compare another similar example illustrated in Andre Leth, Catalogue of Selected Objects of Chinese Art in the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, 1959, pl. 97.

Lot 168. A large ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Early Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 32.8 cm. Estimate 12,000 - 18,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of Scudamore Griffiths (1868-1968), Bedfont House, Chipping Campden, by 1920s.

Note: See a similarly decorated bowl attributed to the fifteenth century, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pl. 515. Compare another bowl attributed to early Ming dynasty with similar carving to the interior, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 1, Beijing, 2019, pl. 125.

Lot 169. A  ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed 'peony' dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 33 cm. Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Swedish Private Collection

Note: See a closely related dish of similar size in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 1, Beijing, 2019, cat. no. 131; one from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. R.K. Bucker and another from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lammers, both included in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, cat. nos 180-181.

Lot 173. A ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed mallet vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 22.5 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.
Property of a Lady.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st July 2021, lot 5060.

Note: See a vase with similarly modelled handles, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, Museum Pusat, Jakarta vol. 3, Tokyo, 1981, monochrome pl. 158.

Lot 174. A large ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed charger, Ming dynasty, 15th century. Diameter 48.3 cm. Estimate 12,000 - 15,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902).

Lot 176. A large ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed tripod censer, Early Ming dynasty. Diameter 48.3 cm, metal cover, Japanese wood box (4). Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Note: See a closely related censer in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 2, Beijing, 2019, cat. no. 144; another from the collection of Tan Tse Chor is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramics Society, Singapore, 1979, cat. no. 244.

Lot 177. A‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed boat-form censer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Length 17.5 cm, Japanese wood box (4). Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD. Lot Sold 7,620 USD. © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Note: See two related boat-form waterdroppers of similar style and form illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 1, Beijing, 2019, cat. nos 106-107, the first in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou and the latter in the Palace Museum, Beijing.

Lot 179. A ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed 'dragon' table screen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Length 16 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2024

 

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, New York, 19 March 2024