J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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SONG DYNASTY CERAMICS:
The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection
March 15 - April 13, 2013
13.
A JUNYAO BLUE-GLAZED MEIPING
Jin–Yuan Dynasty, A.D. 12th- 13th Century
of tall slender ovoid form with high rounded shoulders surmounted by a short narrow neck and small mouth with flared rim, covered with a thick lavender-blue glaze of pale claire-de-lune tone, the splayed foot and recessed base unglazed and the exposed stoneware fired to yellowish-tan-brown.
Height 11 3⁄4 inches (29.8 cm)
A blue-glazed Junyao meiping formerly in the collections of Lord Cunliffe and Frederick Knight is illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume One, London, 1994, p. 219, no. 380. Another taller blue Jun meiping from the Schoenlicht and Calmann collections is illustrated in The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 7, Musée Guimet, Paris, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 72. The same Jun meiping is illustrated in the catalogue of the special exhibition at the National History Museum, Taipei entitled Terre de Neige, de Glace, et d’Ombre: Quatorze siècles d’histoire de la céramique chinoise à travers les collections du Musée Guimet, Taipei, 1999, pp. 70-71, no. 32.
金–元 鈞窯天藍釉梅瓶 高 29.8 厘米
13.
A JUNYAO BLUE-GLAZED MEIPING
Jin–Yuan Dynasty, A.D. 12th- 13th Century
Height 11 3⁄4 inches (29.8 cm)