A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘BAMBOO’ BARBED-RIM STEM CUP, YUAN TO EARLY MING China, 14^th century. Well potted with shallow sides flaring to an everted barbed rim, supported on a segmented foot simulating bamboo. The exterior carved with alternating vertical single and double lines, the interior with curved lines suggesting a stream. Covered overall with an even deep celadon glaze save for the unglazed foot ring burnt to orange in the firing.

Provenance: UK private estate.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including a large firing crack to the interior of the foot with associated glaze recesses.

Weight: 319.6 g
Dimensions: Height 8.6 cm, Diameter 11.9 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related Longquan celadon stem cup, dated to the Yuan dynasty and with a similar bamboo-form foot, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections on 26 May 2014, lot 621, sold for HKD 87,500. Compare also a cup stand, possibly made for a stem cup like the present lot, with similar carved decoration and barbed rim, dated to the Hongwu period (1368-1398), at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 June 2011, lot 3814, sold for HKD 125,000. 元至明初龍泉青釉竹節紋菱口高足杯
中國，十四世紀。杯敞口，淺腹，菱口，下承以喇叭狀高足。内壁飾曲綫紋，外壁飾條紋，高足部兩道弦紋。整體覆蓋著均勻的深青色釉，底足露胎成橘紅色。
來源：英國私人收藏
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，包括足部內部的燒製裂紋以及釉料凹槽。
重量：319.6 克 尺寸：高8.6 厘米，直徑11.9 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相似竹節紋的元代龍泉青釉高足杯，見香港蘇富比Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年5月26日lot 621, 售價HKD 87,500；一件洪武(1368-1398) 龍泉窯青釉盞托，可能是爲了類似此拍品所製，相似紋飾和菱口，見香港佳士得 Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2011年6月 1日 lot 3814, 售價HKD 125,000。