Lot 141. The Leshantang Collection. A large Longquan celadon arrow vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 30 cm. Lot Sold 3,556,000 HKD (Estimate 400,000 - 600,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2024

sturdily potted with an ovoid body supported on a tall foot, surmounted by a long cylindrical neck and flanked by two tubular handles just below the rim, covered overall save for the footring in an unctuous bluish-green glaze suffused with widely dispersed crackles.

Provenance: Collection of Mildred R. (1908-2000) and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh (1901-78).
Sotheby's New York, 8th December 1980, lot 147.

Literature: The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pl. 3.

Exhibited: The Exquisite Chinese Artifacts, Collection of Ching Wan Society,  Museum of History, Taipei, 1995, cat. no. 74.