A LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA (MALLET) VASE WITH PHOENIX HANDLES, MING DYNASTY China, 14^th-15^th century. The mallet-shaped body rising to a wide everted rim, set to the neck with a pair of stylized phoenix handles with detailed crown and wings, covered overall with a glaze of sea-green tone, suffused with a network of fine crackles, the glaze neatly stopping above the unglazed foot ring to reveal the buff ware, partially burnt to orange during the firing.

Provenance: From a private collection in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Condition: Superb condition with manufacturing flaws such as ceramic warts, glaze recesses at the base, and small chips to the foot rim. Old wear, minor soiling and traces of use.

Weight: 509.6 g
Dimensions: Height 17.1 cm

Literature comparison: Published examples include one in the Bishmon-do Temple, previously in the possession of a branch of the Tokugawa Family, the former Daimyos of Kyushu, illustrated by Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, London, Hong Kong, 1962, 1980, plate 78, and another two illustrated ibidem, one from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, color plate G and the other, from the Yomei Bunko Collection, plate 80, and finally one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Lung-Chuan Ware of the Sung Dynasty, plates 5 and 5a. Mallet vases with dragon and phoenix handles were also found in the wreck of a Yuan dynasty ship near Sinan and were included in the Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off Sinan Coast, Seoul, 1977, and illustrated in the catalog, plates 4-7.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Longquan celadon mallet vase, dated to the Southern Song dynasty, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 3 December 2015, lot 284, sold for HKD 212,500.

13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer’s premium – only for buyers within the EU. 明代龍泉窯青釉鳳耳瓶
中國，十四至十五世紀。瓶小盤口，直頸，折肩，直腹，圈足。頸部兩側各置一鳳耳。灰白色胎，通體施青釉，釉面開片紋。圈足露胎，局部成橙色。

來源：美國紐約布魯克林私人收藏。
品相：狀況極佳，製造瑕疵，如陶瓷凸點、底部的釉料凹槽和邊沿磕損。磨損、輕微污漬和使用痕跡。

重量：509,6 克
尺寸：高17.1 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的南宋龍泉窯青釉鳳耳, 見香港蘇富比Chinese Art 2015年12月3日 lot 284, 售價HKD 212,500。