Lot 184
A FINE ‚LONGQUAN‘ CELADON BRUSH WASHER
Estimated Value:
1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, Song/ early Yuan dynastyD. 11,1 cm
Of blossom-shape, the deep sides, the exterior with a concentric rib are covered in a crackled pale celadon glaze changing into deep green in the interior and at the stand.
Old German private collection, assembled prior 1980, inventory no. CE 9-14 3017
Compare a larger washer (22,9 cm) with foliate rim and two horizontal ribs on the exterior, in the Nakamura Kinenkan Museum, Ishikawa, illustrated in Seaki Toji Zenshu, Vol. 12, no. 78, p. 86. A similar example is preserved in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei and is published in the ‚Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum. Lung-chu’an, Ko Ware and Other Wares‘, Taipei 1974, col. Pl. 78 - Very minor wear


