A fine and rare Longquan celadon mallet vase ('Kinuta'), Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty, 13th/14th century, covered with an unctuous green glaze, a pair of finely worked handles on the neck, the shallow foot burnt iron-red, a kiln scar on the glazed base, 15 cm high, Box. See 'In Pursuit of Antiquities', Min Chiu Society, 1995-96, cat no 102, p 150; Also 'Song Ceramics', Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1999, cat no's 67 & 68. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1980's/90's