Lot 35. Property from an Old Belgian Family Collection. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed pear-shaped vase, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368). Height 22.9 cm. Lot Sold 5,334 EUR (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Charles Ernst Russell (1866-1960), London.
John Sparks Ltd., London, 31st August 1960 (£450).

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Note: For similar vases, see two sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30th May 2012, lot 4148 and 1st June 2011, lot 3812; an excavated example, illustrated in Zhongguo gudai yaozhi diaocha fajue baogao ji [Collected reports of the field surveys of ancient kiln sites in China], Beijing, 1984, p. 84, pl. 6.

Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 15 juin 2023