A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED PHOENIX-TAIL VASE, YENYEN, YUAN DYNASTY
China, 1279-1368. The ceramic vessel is elegantly potted, the baluster body surmounted by a tall waisted neck with trumpet mouth, the neck with two raised bowstrings, the shoulder with a single bowstring. Covered overall with a thick olive-green glaze pooling around the body, bubble suffused, darkened pooling around recesses, the foot left unglazed revealing the dark gray body partially burnt to orange in the firing.


Provenance:
From a private collection in New Jersey, USA.

Condition:
Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including glaze recesses and pitting. Few microscopic chips to foot rim, likely inherent to the manufacture.

Weight: 381 g
Dimensions: Height 17.5 cm


The present lot is rare
due to its small size and exquisite form. Although the Longquan celadon glaze was perfected during the Southern Song period (1127-1279), it was during the Yuan dynasty that production increased, with some 300 kilns active in the Longquan area from the Dayao, Jincun and Xikou kiln complexes in the west to those on the Ou and Songxi rivers. These rivers facilitated the transportation and distribution of the ceramics to other parts of China as well as to the ports of Quanzhou and Wenzhou, for shipment abroad. During this period, new shapes and styles of decoration were introduced, as well as vessels of different sizes.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 15 September 2018, lot 1384
Price: USD 11,250 or approx.
EUR 12,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed ‘peony’ vase, Yuan dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form, glaze, and size (18.5 cm). Note the floral decoration.





元代龍泉青釉鳳尾尊
中國，1279-1368年。尊口喇叭形，束長頸，溜肩，深孤腹，腹以下漸收斂，近足處外撇，圈足露胎。通體施青釉。胎體厚重，釉層勻厚色澤青翠。


來源：
美國新澤西私人收藏。

品相：
狀況極好，有輕微磨損和燒製不規則，包括釉面凹陷和點蝕。足部輕微小開片，可能是製造過程中產生的。

重量：381 克
尺寸：高17.5 厘米


本拍品體積小
，造型精美，實屬難得。雖然龍泉青釉技術在南宋時期（1127-1279）逐漸完善，在元代產量有所增加，從西部的大窯、金村和溪口窯群到龍泉地區，大約有 300 座窯爐活躍在甌江和松溪河畔。這些河流促進了陶瓷的運輸和配送到中國其他地區以及泉州和溫州港口，以運往國外。在此期間，引入了新的裝飾和風格，以及不同大小的器皿。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2018年9月15日，lot 1384
價格：USD 11,250（相當於今日
EUR 12,500
）
描述：元龍泉窰青釉纏枝牡丹紋瓶
專家評論：比較相近的外形、釉面和尺寸(18.5厘米)。請注意花紋裝飾。