SONG LONGQUAN CELADON PHOENIX SHAPPED EAR VASEH: 6.5 IN. (16.5 CM)PROVENANCE:FROM THE PRIVATE ESTATE OF PROFESSOR JOANNA JAMES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. JOANNA JAMES IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. SHE FORMERLY SERVED AS CHINA RELATIONS OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE BEFORE BEING POSTED TO BEIJING AS THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL COUNSELLOR. INFLUENCED BY HER HUSBAND JOSEPH MEI JAMES, WHO WAS A COLLECTOR HIMSELF, THE PAIR ASSEMBLED A FINE COLLECTION OF CHINESE WORKS OF ART OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN THREE DECADES.LITERATURE COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AN EXAMPLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITION CHINESE CELADONS AND OTHER RELATED WARES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, NATIONAL MUSEUM, SINGAPORE, 1979, CAT. NO. 207. A GROUP OF YEN-YEN VASES IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, ISTANBUL, IS ILLUSTRATED IN REGINA KRAHL, CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, LONDON, 1986, VOL. I, FIG. 206, P. 289. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM OF TAIPEI, AN EXHIBITION OF LONGQUAN WARES, CAT. NO. 78, PAGES 154-155AUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 19 SEPTEMBER 2014, LOT 844PRICE: USD 56,250DESCRIPTION: A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON GUAN-TYPE DISH WITH FOLIATE RIMAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE'S PARIS, 9 JUNE 2015, LOT 299PRICE: EUR 32,500 DESCRIPTION: A LONGQUAN CELADON AND BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANYIN, CHINA, MING DYNASTY.AUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, 14 SEPTEMBER 2017, LOT 702PRICE: USD 87,500DESCRIPTION: A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE, LATE YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURYAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK, 23 MARCH 2011, LOT 567PRICE: USD 15,000 DESCRIPTION: A SMALL 'LONGQUAN' CELADON CENSER, SONG / YUAN DYNASTYAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, 25 MARCH 2022, LOT 1081PRICE: USD 27,720 DESCRIPTION: A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘ARROW’ VASE, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, 25 MARCH 2022, LOT 1033PRICE: USD 119,700DESCRIPTION: A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY