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THE ROGER BELANICH COLLECTION OF LONGQUAN CELADON
CERAMICS

3007

A VERY RARE LARGE CARVED AND MOULDED 元 龍泉青釉貼花雙龍戲珠紋折沿大盤

‘DOUBLE-DRAGON’ LONGQUAN CELADON 來源
覺是軒，倫敦，1999 年
CHARGER
展覽
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) 2009-2017 年間借展於西雅圖藝術博物館

The charger is sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising 同期的龍泉貼花龍紋大盤多見單龍，雙龍紋極其罕見。類似的貼花單
from a short foot ring to an everted rim. The centre of the interior 龍盤見諸全球公私珍藏，包括托普卡比宮所藏一例（36公分），載於
is sprig-moulded with two scaly four-clawed dragons contesting 《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum》，第1冊，伊斯坦堡，
a flaming pearl, below a band of freely carved foliate scroll on the 圖版62，大英博物館一例（35.7公分），見《東洋陶磁大觀》，第5冊，
cavetto, while the exterior is carved and moulded with a band of 東京，1981年，圖版132，及本場拍賣3005號（37.3公分）。另可參考
upright petals. The dish is covered overall with an even translucent 首都博物館藏一內壁無紋盤心貼花雙翼龍的大盤，見《龍泉窯青瓷》，
glaze of lake green tone with the exception of the foot ring. 台北，2009年，頁222，圖版204。以及托普卡比宮藏貼花魚紋大盤，見
16 ¬ in. (42.3 cm) diam. 《Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum》，圖版64（36公分），
及圖版65（44公分）。
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000

PROVENANCE

Priestley and Ferraro, London, 1999

EXHIBITED

The Seattle Art Museum, 2009-2017

It is extremely rare to find a Longquan charger moulded with a pair of
dragons, as most other examples are moulded with a single dragon
or fish. For slightly smaller chargers moulded with a single dragon,
compare to an example (36 cm.) in the Topkapi Saray Museum,
Istanbul, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, p. 256, no. 62, another (36.8 cm.) in the
British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great
Collection, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 132, and lot 3005 (35.7 cm.) in this
sale. Compare also to a rare Longquan charger (37.3 cm.) moulded
with two winged dragons with a plain cavetto in the Capital Museum,
illustrated in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, p. 222, no. 204.
Two chargers moulded with fish in the Topkapi Saray Museum are
illustrated op. cit. pl. 64 (36 cm.) and pl. 65 (44 cm.).

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