Lot 183
  • 183

A 'GUAN'-TYPE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON WATERPOT AND A STOPPER SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
the globular body rising from three short cabriole legs to a short neck, covered inside and out with a pale gray-green glaze with delicate russet crackle, the feet unglazed revealing a reddish-brown body, together with two shards (4)

Provenance

Collection of Mizuno Seiichi, Japan, prior to 1971.
Acquired in New York in 1980.

Condition

There is some fritting around the rim, and to the edges around the stopper, otherwise the waterpot is in overall good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

Two related Jiaotanxia Guanyao waterpots of similar form were sold in our London rooms, one with a stopper, 7th June 1994, lot 298, and one without, 9th June 1992, lot 136.

Waterpots of similar form but without stoppers are illustrated in Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1970, no. 313; in the Kempe Collection Catalogue, Stockholm, 1964, no. 134; and another in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, no. 467.