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100 Selected Chinese and Korean Ceramics from
the Toguri Collection
SALE L04212 LOT 20
SESSION 1 | 09 Jun 04 12:00 AM.
London, New Bond Street
f - A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE LOZENGE-SHAPED
'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
MARK AND PERIOD OF LONGQING
30,000—40,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
54,000 GBP MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
length 19cm., 7 1/2 in., height 7.5cm., 3in.
DESCRIPTION
painted in underglaze-blue with two five-clawed
dragons opposing a flaming pearl amongst cloud
scrolls, within a slightly raised double blue
line band, below a broad band of insects amongst
flowers and foliage and narrow raised border of
scrollwork to the rim, the base similarly
decorated
Quantity: 2
EXHIBITED
Chinese Arts of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods,
Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1963, cat.no.307.
Chûgoku bijutsu ten, series 5: Min Shin no
bijutsu, Osaka Municipal Art Museum, Osaka, 1980,
cat.no. 1-89.
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Tôji taikei, vol. 42, Tokyo, 1975, pl. 84.
Mayuyama Seventy Years, vol.1, Tokyo, 1976, pl.
878.
Satô Masahiko, Chûgoku tôji shi, Tokyo, 1978,
pl.245.
Min Shin no bijutsu. Osaka, 1980, pl. 110.
Satô Masahiko, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1981,
pl. 260.
CATALOGUE NOTE
A very similar Longqing box, included in the
exhibition Yuan and Ming Ceramics, Takashimaya,
Tokyo, 1956, cat.no. 159, and illustrated in
Sekai tôji zenshû, vol.14, Tokyo, 1976, pl.
218, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May
1987, lot 241. Compare also a box of this shape
and design included in the exhibition Chin |
