Lot 251
CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED RECTANGULAR INKSTONE
MING DYNASTY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明 龍泉青釉硯台 帶隨形木蓋 共箱
the inkstone supported on four ruyi-head cloud feet at the corners, the top has an oval, textured grinding surface, and a semi-circle well at one end, with a wooden cover and wooden box tomobako, the cover of the box inscribed with ‘Yen’ (grind)
Dimensions
14.5cm wide
Provenance
Private collection, London; formerly in a private Japanese collection
倫敦私人收藏；前日本私人收藏
Footnote
A celadon-glazed octagonal ink stone stands on eight feet decorated with ‘Eight Trigrams’, incised and dated 洪武五年 (Hongwu wu nian, ‘Fifth year of Hongwu’ [AD 1372]), is in the Percival David collection, British Museum, museum registration no: PDF.261. Two further Longquan celadon-glazed inkstones: one dated to the Ming dynasty was in the Sakamoto Family Collection, Japan and sold at Christie's New York, 14 Sep 2012, lot 1411; the other dated to the Yuan dynasty was offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 March 2024, lot 178.