22 décembre 2021
A Longquan celadon 'dragon' jar and a cover, Southern Song dynasty
Lot 373. A Longquan celadon 'dragon' jar and a cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 24.5 cm. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's
Property from an English private collection.
Provenance: Christie's London, 15th February 1971, lot 6.
Note: Funerary jars of this type usually occur in pairs, one adorned with the 'Green Dragon of the East' and the other the 'White Tiger of the West'. Compare a similar jar in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, illustrated in Yutaka Mino and Katherine R. Tsiang, Ice and Green Clouds. Traditions of Chinese Celadons, Indiana, 1987, pl. 75.
Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021
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