China, 907-960. The ovoid body rising from a tall and slightly tapered ring foot, carved with seven lotus petals, the shoulder applied with four knobs below the cylindrical neck, the domed and lobed floral cover with a lotus stem finial. Overall covered in a finely crackled pale sea-green glaze pooling in the recesses, stopping irregularly at the foot and at the interior of the neck, the base left unglazed.Provenance: E. Pranger Oriental Arts, Amsterdam. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired from the above at PAN Amsterdam in 2004 (invoice not available). Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative arts spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he published an extensive study of Chinese riding gear in “Dragon & Horse, Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond”. Between 1976 and 2009 he worked for numerous museums across the Netherlands and was the director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, such as small firing cracks and minor kiln grit, one small chip to the cover, a nick to one of the lotus leaves with an old repair.Weight: 265.5 gDimensions: Height 14.5 cmThe Yue stoneware kilns, originally located in Northern Zhejiang Province, produced wares with green glazes which were highly valued and used as tribute for the Imperial court. The ware was also exported to foreign markets in the Middle East and in South East Asia. During the Five Dynasties period, despite the civil unrest and turbulence, production of high-quality Yue wares flourished and peaked.The present lot is a fine example of the high quality translucent soft olive-green glaze which the Yue potters achieved. Lotus-petal designs became increasingly popular on ceramics with the spread of Buddhism. This form of decoration was popular and used at various kilns, including also Longquan.Literature comparison: Compare a Five Dynasties dated Yueyao bowl and stand, with similar lotus-petal decoration, excavated from the pagoda in the Yunyan Temple, Huqiu Hill, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, in the Suzhou Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji: The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics Vol. 6, Shanghai, 2000, no. 209. A Longquan funerary vessel with similar lotus petals and incised details, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated by Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p. 21, no. 13. See also Inaugural Exhibition, Vol. 1. Chinese Ceramics, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath 1993, no. 41, p. 79, and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection, London 1994, Vol. 1, no. 319, p. 186.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related but smaller jar and cover at Bonhams Hong Kong in The Feng Wen Tang Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics on 9 October 2014, lot 125, bought-in at an estimate of HKD 200,000-300,000. Compare also with a jar and cover of closely related size and similar form at Christie's Hong Kong in Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection on 30 November 2016, lot 3101, sold for HKD 125,000.五代越窯蓮葉蓋罐 中國,907-960年。卵圓形罐體,圈足高且外撇,七個蓮花花瓣,在圓柱狀頸下方肩上四個旋鈕。罐蓋呈蓮葉狀上有蓮花莖形鈕。整體覆蓋海綠色釉中,底部未上釉。 來源:阿姆斯特丹E. Pranger Oriental Arts藝廊。Dr. Koos de Jong收藏,2004年購於上述收藏(發票丟失)。Dr. de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家, 幾十年來他一直私人收藏中國藝術品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書,內容涉及從中世紀到現代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝術。 2013年,他在《Dragon & Horse:Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研究。1976年至2009年間,他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作,並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷工作中心的主任。圖片: Dr. Koos de Jong 與Ingeborg de Roode (照片來自於Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) 圖片: Edward Pranger 和他的妻子Franny 品相:狀況良好,有輕微的磨損和燒制不規則的現象,例如釉面開片和較小的窯渣、蓋上有一個小碎屑,其中一個荷葉上有一個缺口,已修過。 重量:265.5 g 尺寸:高14.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近但更小的蓋罐,見香港邦翰斯The Feng Wen Tang Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics 拍場,2014年10月9日 lot 125, 估價HKD 200,000-300,000. 一個尺寸與形狀相近的蓋罐見香港佳士得Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection 拍場,2016年11月30日 lot 3101, 售價HKD 125,000.