A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON ARROW VASE SONG DYNASTY |

the globular body rising from a tapered foot to a tall cylindrical neck set with tubular handles, covered overall save for the footring in a sea-green glaze

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 21st June 1983, lot 185.
Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, 17th November 2003.

There are minor firing imperfections, including a slightly tilted form and an iron spot run to one handle measuring approx. 1.2 cm. There are also shallow nicks to the foot and traces of glaze deterioration around the rim.
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A Longquan celadon vase of the same size and form was included in the Idemitsu Museum of Art Exhibition of Sung Ceramics, 1979, cat. no. 25. One of larger size in Percival David Foundation is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The Worlds Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 54, and another formerly in the Mottahedeh Collection was sold in our New York rooms, 8th November 1980, lot 147.