A VERY RARE LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

A VERY RARE LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON KINUTA VASE
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The vase is robustly potted with a mallet-shaped body with angular, sloping shoulders, rising to a tall neck flanked by a pair of handles in the form of dragon-headed fish, below the widely flared, dish-shaped mouth. The vase is covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green color, leaving the greyish foot ring unglazed.
11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box

Provenance
Mayuyama, Tokyo.

Literature
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 176-177, no. 75.
Rosemary Scott, ‘Chinese Classic Wares from a Japanese Collection: Song Ceramics from the Linyushanren Collection’, Arts of Asia, March-April 2014, pp. 97-108, fig. 20.

Exhibited
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.