Lot 17. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'Twin fish' dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 21.1 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Lot Sold 6,400 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 10,000 GBP) © Sotheby's 2025
 

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Lot 18. A small 'Longquan' celadon-glazed washer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 8.6 cm. Lot Sold 1,536 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: Compare a closely related washer uncovered from an elite tomb in Tangdi, Shaoxing county dated in accordance with 1241, illustrated in Longquan qingci yanjiu [Study on Longquan ceramics], Beijing, 1989, pl. 5.3.

Lot 10. A finely carved 'Longquan' celadon-glazed conical 'lotus' bowl, Early Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 14.2 cm. Lot Sold 3,328 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: The present combination of expressive free-spirited carving and a rich luminous glaze is typical of the earliest wares produced at Longquan for the nascent Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Compare a bowl of closely related lotus design included in Ye Yingting, ed., Zhongguo gu taoci [Chinese ancient ceramics]. Longquan yao, Beijing, 2013, pl. 65; another uncovered from the Longquan kiln site at Jincun, illustrated in Longquan qingci yanjiu [Study on Longquan ceramics], Beijing, 1989, pl. 5.4; and two other early Southern Song bowls with similar carving treatment featuring decorations of lotus petals and clouds in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, illustrated in Zhu Boqian, ed., Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pls 89 and 90.