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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
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A FINE MASSIVE LONGQUAN ᒞᨎ᢯ 㹪ᦿ㤎㕳טⰉ♄⬼⩈མ૰↲
CELADON BARBED-RIM DISH ⵘⱤᅴ卿ᘳऑ卿ᐙᯒ卿᳍ᆄ⭬卿஄㑷卿⏎೅㪪
HONGWU PERIOD (1368-1398) Ɽऑ߅✛ǯݤ೅ऑᯒӴߴ㫓༾⡠卿ݤ⭬ߴ⦞៨
The dish is heavily potted with fluted sides rising ⸥⡠卿ം೅ऑᯒӴߴ⦞៨⸥⡠ǯ⏎ݤǮംࣿ஄
from a short foot ring to a lobed rim, the interior 㑷மᙼ㬪㞏卿㞏ⰰ㬪⨿卿㞏㬷㎒ᷪǯ
carved with a flowering, leafy lotus scroll encircling a
central bloom, and the cavetto with precious objects, ϝᬝ
the exterior is further incised with lotus sprays. The ըὙԠⅧ⻦
dish is covered with a thick and even celadon glaze of ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
sea green tone. 㑤ᇖルⅧ⻦
24¡ in. (62 cm.) diam., box
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 ഌᎰऒ⅊卿㲞ᳰ
US$520,000-770,000 ᇍཿలⅧ⻦
㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
PROVENANCE
The Edward T. Chow Collection ⮐㙽
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 16 December 1980,
lot 329 Ƕᱡݤംᇍཿలԋஇ⻱ワ㱦⻦৅㚁⠝Ƿ卿
㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
The T.Y. Chao Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 219
Tai Sing Antiques, Hong Kong
The T.T. Tsui Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 November 1998,
lot 917
LITERATURE
Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art: Selections from the
Collections of T. T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art
Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996, no.40

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