13th Sep, 2023 9:30
SILVER, FINE ART & ANTIQUES
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A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON GUAN-TYPE SHALLOW DISH
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127 – 1279)
the dish with a concave, shallow chrysanthemum-formed centre, potted with a foliate-shaped rim, and covered overall in a sea-green glaze suffused with Guan-style icy crackles, apart from the unglazed base which fired a purplish brown. 16.3cm diameter
Provenance: Edmund Grundner Asiatica, Salzburg, Austria
It is considered that the Longquan kilns started to produce crackle glazes during the Southern Song dynasty, and the rare type of glaze with icy crackles was probably made as an imitation of the finest official wares. Although the jade-like, sea-green glaze on this shallow dish is smooth to the touch, it has a profusion of these rare Guan-style icy, flake-like layers in the glaze.
There are only a few examples of complete Longquan celadon wares in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art collection with this type of Guan-style glaze and some fragments.
To compare the glaze, see fragments with Guan-style celadon glaze in the Smithsonian collection, which are accession numbers FSC-P-1112 and FSC-P-1083. Also, see a shallow dish sold at Christie’s on 17 September 2010, Lot 1354.
The foliate rim is quite apparent on this dish; however, due to the thick crackle glaze, the moulded chrysanthemum decoration on the inside and the formed petals decoration underneath are less noticeable.
Around the outside of the foot rim is an entirely distinctive concave moulding identified as having been used during the Southern Song dynasty by the Longquan kilns. The V&A collection has a Longquan celadon sherd with a similar style of foot rim, which is dated as Song dynasty, accession number C.1470:9-1924
Sold for £900
the dish with a concave, shallow chrysanthemum-formed centre, potted with a foliate-shaped rim, and covered overall in a sea-green glaze suffused with Guan-style icy crackles, apart from the unglazed base which fired a purplish brown. 16.3cm diameter
It is considered that the Longquan kilns started to produce crackle glazes during the Southern Song dynasty, and the rare type of glaze with icy crackles was probably made as an imitation of the finest official wares. Although the jade-like, sea-green glaze on this shallow dish is smooth to the touch, it has a profusion of these rare Guan-style icy, flake-like layers in the glaze.
There are only a few examples of complete Longquan celadon wares in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art collection with this type of Guan-style glaze and some fragments.
To compare the glaze, see fragments with Guan-style celadon glaze in the Smithsonian collection, which are accession numbers FSC-P-1112 and FSC-P-1083. Also, see a shallow dish sold at Christie’s on 17 September 2010, Lot 1354.
The foliate rim is quite apparent on this dish; however, due to the thick crackle glaze, the moulded chrysanthemum decoration on the inside and the formed petals decoration underneath are less noticeable.
Around the outside of the foot rim is an entirely distinctive concave moulding identified as having been used during the Southern Song dynasty by the Longquan kilns. The V&A collection has a Longquan celadon sherd with a similar style of foot rim, which is dated as Song dynasty, accession number C.1470:9-1924
