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THE ROGER BELANICH COLLECTION OF LONGQUAN CELADON
CERAMICS

3004

A RARE CARVED LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON Compare to a large barbed-rim bowl with similar fruit and flower
sprays on the interior and lotus sprays on the exterior illustrated by R.
BARBED-RIM BOWL Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.
I, 1986, p. 360, no. 493. See, also, the bowl of this form with the same
HONGWU PERIOD (1368-1398) unusual border of overlapping petal tips at the exterior rim in the Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics,
The bowl is heavily potted with deep sides carved as eight petals New York, 1996, p. 175, no. 357; and another bowl carved with lotus
rising to a barbed rim, the interior is moulded in the centre with sprays on the interior and exterior included in the Illustrated Catalogue
a four-petalled flowerhead enclosing the characters, jinyu mantang of Chinese Government Exhibits for the International Exhibition of
(May you have a prosperous household), within a combed Chinese Art London, vol. II, Shanghai, 1948, p. 100 (top).
quatrefoil reserve below various fruit or flower sprays in the well
and a cloud border at the rim, the petals on the exterior enclosing
lotus sprays below a border of overlapping petal tips at the rim.
The bowl is covered overall with a glaze of sea-green tone which
also covers the foot and the centre of the base within a wide
unglazed ring.
12 ¬ in. (32.2 cm.) diam.

HK$900,000-1,500,000 US$120,000-190,000

PROVENANCE

J.T. Tai & Co., New York
Sold at Christie’s New York, 30 March 2005, lot 332

EXHIBITED

The Seattle Art Museum, 2009-2017

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