CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'FIGURAL' SURPRISE CUP
YUAN DYNASTY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
元 龍泉青釉堆塑公道杯/驚喜盞
the body springing from a short spreading foot to flaring mouth rim, the exterior moulded with ribbed sides, the interior moulded in high relief with an unglazed figure, the rest of the cup covered in an olive green glaze leaving the base unglaze and revealing the stoneware body
Dimensions
8cm diameter, 6.5m high
Provenance
Private Hong Kongese collection
香港私人收藏
Footnote
This cup was probably used for drinking wine and might have been used in conjunction with a stand. A Jun-glaze cup also has a small figure inside, dated to the Northern Song to Jin dynasty, is in the Sir Percival David collection at the British Museum, registration number: PDF 47. A closely comparable Yuan dynasty Longquan celadon cup with figure in the interior, unearthed in 1959 when the Penglai reservoir was being built, was collected by the Yantai Regional Museum in 1962 and currently in the collection of the Yantai Municipal Museum, Shandong Province.
此杯原本或連托，為飲酒所用。一件大维德爵士舊藏，北宋至金鈞釉公道杯，杯内亦塑有一小型人像，現藏於大英博物館，館藏號「PDF 47」；另參考一件元代龍泉窯劃花堆塑公道杯帶托，1959年蓬萊修水庫時出土，1962年入藏煙台市博物館，皆可資比較。