Lot1046. A small Longquan celadon mallet-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.

The vase is well potted with straight flaring sides rising to angular sloping shoulders, surmounted by a wide cylindrical neck below a dish-shaped mouth. It is covered with an even lustrous glaze of bluish-green tone with wide crackles, thinning at the rims and leaving the ring foot unglazed, Japanese wood box.

Property from the Linyushanren Collection.

Provenance: Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

Literature: Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 175, no. 74.

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.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 September 2019