Lot 134. A rare small archaistic Longquan celadon tripod vessel, jue, 15th century; 12.2cm high. Sold for €3,200. Photo Bonhams.

With a rounded body raised on three high, splayed legs, the wide spout flanked by two short posts above loop handles, the body moulded on either side with leafy tendrils and lingzhi below a classic meandering scroll, applied overall with a lustrous green glaze.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Roland Sonderhoff (1897-1960), Hamburg, collected in Japan before 1942, thence by descent to his daughter, Dr. Ursula Lienert (1934-2017), acquired from her estate.

Note: Compare with two similarly shaped small vessels, one excavated in Anhui, illustrated in Encyclopaedia of Masterpieces of Chinese Cultural Relics: Ceramics volume , Shanghai, 1995, no. 597, p. 347, the second published in Tsai Mei-fen, Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Tapei, 2009, no. 111. See also a Longquan celadon vessel of similar size and shape, sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18 and 19 May 1982, lot 126.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023