A LARGE QINGBAI SHRINE, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYChina, 1127-1279. The thick-walled body supported on a slightly splayed foot, the exterior covered entirely with a pale bluish-white glaze. An opening cut into one side has a protruding shelf at the bottom, with applied scroll decoration above, and loops at either side to fasten a door, all surmounted by a domed roof decorated with further applied scrolls and with a bud-shaped finial.Provenance: Parthenon Gallery, London, 2003. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired from the above (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: Superb condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as glaze pooling, glaze recesses, and fritting, minimal chipping to the step below the frontal aperture, some nibbling to foot.Weight: 1,735 gDimension: Height 29.5 cmLiterature comparison: Chinese Ceramics Song-Yuan, Taipei 1997, p. 388. Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1994, no. 96, p. 229.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related Longquan shrine at Christies New York on March 22, 2019, in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, lot 1618, sold for USD 18,750.南宋白釉龕中國,1127-1279年。圈足外撇,外壁上下稍小中間鼓,分爲三節,中間有一個矩形孔,在上方和兩側各有一個應用的建築元素,頂部成屋頂形,外部覆蓋著淡青白色釉。來源:倫敦Parthenon Gallery藝廊, 2003年。Dr. Koos de Jong收藏,購於上述收藏(發票已丟失)。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:倫敦Parthenon Gallery藝廊 品相:狀況極佳,有輕微的磨損和燒制缺陷,例如釉堆積,凹痕和熔結,在正面孔下方的邊緣上有輕微碎屑,足部有輕微缺損。重量:1,735克尺寸:總高29.5厘米