A small longquan celadon mallet vase, presumably Song/Yuan dynasty.
Mallet shape, angled shoulders, moulded with phonex handles flanking the long cylindrcal neck. Soft green celadon glaze. Height 16,5 cm.
Wear.
Literature
Compare similar at National Palace Museum, Taipei, Illustrated in Lung-Chuan Ware of the Sung Dynasty, pl. 5-5a. Also one in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
More information
Compare similar sold at Christie's, Sale 2098, lot no 777.
Mallet vases with dragon and phoenix handles were also found in the wreck of the Yuan dynasty ship near Sinan and were included in the Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off Sinan Soast, Seoul, 1977, and illustrated in the Catalogue, pl. 4-7.
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