Lot 193

Blue light test displaying restoration to neck and rim, one handle with potential loss and re-glaze, otherwise in good condition.


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'Sparse Shadows, Flying Pearls', QAG, 27 August 2005 - 27 November, 2005, illus. in Catalogue.

Southeast Asian Ceramics Society, Chinese Celadons And Other Related Wares In Southeast Asia, Singapore 1955, pp. 160-163, pls. 72 & 73

Celadon vases of this 'mallet' shape generally known under the Japanese term kinuta, are among the most sought-after Longquan vessels. It has been suggested by several scholars that this shape, despite resembling a paper mallet, may in fact have been introduced to China as a glass vase or bottle from the Islamic west, possibly Iran.
Reference: For similar, please refer to the mallet vase in the V&A Collection, London, given by Sir Alan Barlow, as illustrated in Rose Kerr's, Song Dynasty Ceramics, V&A Publications, London: 2004;