Longquan Celadon Pure Water Vase
There is celadon, and then there is celadon that stands like a quiet scholar.
£518.00
1 in stock
Specifications: 9cm × 22.5cm | Material: Ceramic (Celadon) | Colour: Fenqing — Pale Dawn Green
Place of Origin: Zhejiang, China | Handcrafted by Lin Min (Municipal Master of Arts and Crafts, Lishui, Zhejiang)
Handcrafted. One of a kind. Signed collector’s certificate included.
This vase comes from Longquan, where the craft has been passed down for a thousand years. It is made by Lin Min, a master whose hands carry the weight of tradition. The glaze is fenqing — the colour of a pale dawn sky, soft as morning mist, smooth as jade to the touch. It has no crackle. Just pure, quiet clarity.
Look at its form. Tall and slender, the line moves slowly from the lip, widens gently at the belly, then tapers down to the foot. It stands like a scholar in quiet contemplation — graceful, restrained, at ease with itself.
On one side, a lotus flower is carved into the clay. The carving is fine and delicate — petals open wide, leaves spread gently. The lotus seems alive, as if swaying in a morning breeze.
The pure water vase once held fresh water in ancient temples, placed before the Buddha. It also graced the desks of scholars, a quiet companion for a quiet mind. Its purpose is not merely to hold water, but to hold a moment of stillness.
There are no carvings, no decorations. Just form and glaze. This is the highest achievement of Longquan celadon: to say nothing, yet speak everything. To claim no beauty, yet be unmistakably beautiful.