LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED BIRD FEEDER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
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7cm wide
Private English collection; acquired from Edmund Grundner Asiatica, Salzburg, Austria (by repute and label on the base)
A Longquan celadon bird feeder closely comparable in the compressed globular form was sold at Sotheby's London, 11 May 2016, lot 200. Another comparable Southern Song dynasty Longquan celadon bird feeder of barrel form from the collection of Dr. Maurice Berger was sold at Sotheby’s New Year,19 September 2023, lot 740. It was purchased from Edmund Grundner, a well-respected retired dealer of Song and Yuan dynasty ceramics, in 2011.