A 'LONGQUAN' JAR AND COVER SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the compressed globular body rising from a flat base to a broad short neck the cover slightly domed, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze, 7cm., 2 3/4 in; together with a 'Qingbai' seal paste box and cover, and a 'Qingbai' cupstand  

John Sparks, London (cupstand, according to label).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 105, 554 and 535.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 751 (seal paste box and cover).

box and cover: Fair condition with small chips to the rim on the cover, the largest 1 cm; as well as some on the interior rim of the box and exterior rim 1.4 cm. The color is not as pale as the catalogue image suggests. cupstand: Fair condition overall. Specks of kiln grit throughout. Some glaze cracks, the most significant on the rim a U shape 1.6 cm with an associated glaze crack 8 mm. The color is bluer than the catalogue image suggests. jar and cover: The cover has two associated star cracks near the rim. In otherwise good condition. The jar has one long glaze crack running from the rim down to the foot, approximately 4 cm. Minor kiln grit, glaze pull and firing flaws to the interior. Otherwise good condition. The color is a deeper bluish-green than the catalogue image suggests.
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