42. LONGQUAN CELADON STONEWARE BRUSHES Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) A LONGQUAN CELADON HEXAFOIL BRUSH WASHER Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) Of circular shape, finely potted with gently flaring sides, the rim with six notches above a raised band around the exterior and with corresponding ribs on the interior, and a further raised band around the base, covered overall with a lustrous sea-green glaze, the foot unglazed revealing the grey body burnt orange during firing. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in) diam. 南宋 龍泉窰粉青釉葵口洗 Provenance: Collection of Monsieur Pasquier, Toulouse, in 1981 (by repute). A Dutch collection (by repute). 來源 Pasquier先生珍藏，圖盧兹，1981年（傳） 荷蘭私人收藏（傳） This small washer with its elegant form and lustrous glaze is rare and only few examples are known. Like many Longquan pieces, comparable examples can be found in Japanese museum collections. See, for instance, a Longquan celadon washer of similar form in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, published in Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics I, Tokyo, 1988, p.126, no.502, and a second washer in the collection of the Kanezawa Nakamura Memorial Museum, published Sekai tōji zenshū, vol.12, Song Dynasty, Tokyo, 1977, col.pl.78. More recently, two examples were sold at auction, the first sold in Christie's New York, 23 March 2023, lot 886, the second in Bonhams Hong Kong, 23 November 2023, lot 114.