Lot 2011 A finely carved Yaozhou celadon 'peony' ewer, Five Dynasties – Northern Song dynasty | 五代至北宋　耀州青釉刻纏枝牡丹紋執壺

A finely carved Yaozhou celadon 'peony' ewer, Five Dynasties – Northern Song dynasty | 五代至北宋　耀州青釉刻纏枝牡丹紋執壺

HKD 300,000

300,000 - 600,000 HKD

未知

Minor retouching to the tip of the spout (approx. 1.5cm), and to a tiny flake (approx. 0.5cm) on the exterior mouth rim. Otherwise in good overall condition. There is a triangular thermoluminescence (TL) test drill hole on the footring; the report has unfortunately been misplaced.

流口尖（約1.5公分）及外口沿一小剝釉（約0.5公分）經潤飾。除此以外，整體品相良好。圈足處見熱釋光測試孔（報告佚失）。

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Japanese wood box
h. 19.5 cm
来源：Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
展览：The International Asian Art Fair, New York, 2002.
著录：The 30th Anniversary of Uragami Sokyu-do, Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo, 2009, p. 113.
Uragami Mitsuru, Kobijutsusho ni manabu Chugoku Chosentoji no Mikata Erabikata [A Dealer's Eyes: Appreciating and Collecting Chinese and Korean Ceramics], Kyoto, 2011, p. 91.
图录
说明：來源
浦上蒼穹堂，東京
展覽
《The International Asian Art Fair》，紐約，2002年
出版
《浦上蒼穹堂30周年記念》，浦上蒼穹堂，東京，2009年，頁113
浦上満，《古美術商にまなぶ中国．朝鮮古陶磁の見かた、選びかた》，京都，2011年，頁91
Likely made during the early development of the Yaozhou celadon production, this exceptional ewer, remarkably potted and carved, belongs to a rare group of northern celadons inspired by Tang dynasty metalwork.
The Yaozhou kilns at Huangpu, southwest of Tongchuan city in Shaanxi province, which had gained renown through their pale green vessels with deep, large-scale carving in the Five Dynasties period (907-960), became China’s major suppliers of high-quality celadon wares in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). While production of bowls and dishes with incised or moulded designs was executed on a vast scale, a small number of vessels in other shapes, such as the current ewer, received particular attention.
A closely related covered ewer, excavated in 1972 from the Huangbaozhen kiln site in Tongchuan County, Shaanxi province, and now preserved in the Yaozhou Ware Museum, was included in The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, cat. no. 142. Two further comparable ewers, both lacking their original covers, are illustrated in Kanzo Meihin Sen / Selected Masterpieces from the Idemitsu Collection, vol. 3, Tokyo, 1996, pl. 102, and Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. III (II), London, 2006, no. 1472.
For other related Yaozhou celadon ewers, compare a double-spouted example from the Charles Bain Hoyt Collection, now preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 50.2009, another with a double spout in the form of two phoenix from the Ernest Grandidier Collection and now housed in the Musée Guimet, Paris, accession no. G 5119, and another with a singular lion-shaped spout in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession no. 1948.220.