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         A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED                    ᒞ᥊ហ   㹪ᦿ㤎㕳ט⫍ᗌ♄↲
         ‘LYCHEE’ DISH
                                                           ϝᬝ
         YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
                                                           ᚚទྱྒྷ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
         The centre of the dish is finely carved with a fruiting lychee
         spray surrounded by a floral scroll alternately bearing lotus and   ᫉⏎፽ἃᚺߝ⽔႔䂆ᯛ໶⚨ㅳ৅ǯ㊃⚨நᝪ߅க⏟ַ⎏㬪㞏⏎ᙇ։卿ߴ
         peach blooms in the cavetto and a narrow classic scroll beneath   սӶऱⱤ៧⡠㱈卿ࣻ⩠Ӭ։⳩៨⡠Ɽऑഌ⏎ᇟࣥ։卿㇦Ƕ⎉→厍ഌᚺ⽔
         the mouth. The exterior is carved with a composite floral scroll.   ႔䂆ᯛ໶⚨Ƿ卿ឿ႔卿     ჺ卿㮰    卿எ‸   卿ཌ㮰எ‸    ⽚ἃऱ
         The dish is covered overall under an olive-green glaze with the   ᪪ഌ⏎۔ӽ৅卿→⻦ᙻக⪆ݯᏤ᛿ࢽᬘ༈ǯ
         exception of a ring exposing the body on the base.
                                                           ᫉⏎⡠㱈⯝ऱឆ㬪Ɽ⏎ӳᏒ㇦ᥑἃ㯸ַ卿㇦ᜀᇪ㤯ⅸྒྷᇙ଍ᅐ᭦ᦼ஠
         13º (33.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
                                                           ྉ߅கӬ׾卿㖊ᙻǶᜀᇪ㤯߅கᚺߝ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿झ࢈卿     ჺ卿㮰
         HK$600,000-800,000              US$77,000-100,000         卿எ‸    ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯἃᜀᇪ㤯ᇙ଍ᅐࣿ⽔႔໶⚨㧿ᚘ⏟Մਹ
                                                           ⎉ՔⰮሻ⛙…⎏㨸ؠᓽ؊Ի׾㌴ǯ
         PROVENANCE
         A private collection, Okayama, Japan              ⡠㱈⏟ऱӻཨ༿ഌཎ⏟ַ⎏׾ຽजࣻ⩠Ꮚᷪ䁗⯠⻦Ӭ։卿     ჺ   ᝲ
                                                              ᚚᙻ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅    ⽚ǯ
         The current dish was probably made at the kilns at Chuzhou, Zhejiang
         province, which produced ceramics for the imperial court in the early
         Ming dynasty. Sherds of dishes with similar carved design have been
         excavated at the imperial kilns at Chuzhou, see for example a barbed-
         rim charger carved with lychee design to the centre illustrated in Da
         Ming Chuzhou Longquan guanyao, Hangzhou, 2005, p. 242, no. 20,
         opposite to an heirloom charger of the same design in the Topkapi
         Saray Museum, p. 243, no. 21.
         The design of the current dish is closely related to that found on an
         underglaze blue example excavated from the Yongle stratum from the
         Ming Imperial kiln site at Zhushan, Jingdezhen, see Imperial Hongwu
         and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, pp. 154-155,
         no. 45 (fig. 1). This parallel production at two sites, each working with
         different clays and different glazes, appears to have provided both kiln
         sites with inspiration and healthy competition.
         For a nearly identical example, compare to the dish from the J.T. Tai
         collection, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 2011, lot 86.





















                                                                 fig. 1  Collection of the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute
                                                                         எӬ  ᜀᇪ㤯Ⴊ㪃≢Ⓔ♾Ꮢ⻦৅



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