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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
2819

A LARGE AND RARE LONGQUAN CELADON BUDDHIST AND
DAOIST SHRINE

EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The shrine is modelled in the form of a three-storey temple with a tiled roof supported on
two pillars on either side. Each storey acts as an alcove framed by moulded dragons housing
a Buddhist or Daoist deity and two attendants in biscuit, with Buddha Shakyamuni on top,
Avalokitesvara in the middle, and the Daoist deity Zhenwu on the lowest level, the reverse
pierced with four circular openings. Traces of gilt remaining on the figures.
15º in. (38.7 cm.) high
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000

Compare to a larger Longquan celadon three-tiered Daoist shrine in the British Museum (50.3 cm
high), which has inscription on the back reading: Yongle bingxu chujie jidan (On an auspicious day of the
Chu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) in the bingxu year of the Yongle reign (1406)), illustrated in Chinese
Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present, London, 1991, p.160, fig. 119.

明十四/十五世紀 龍泉青釉澀胎佛道教神龕
比較大英博物館藏一例較大龍泉青釉神龕（50.3 公分），其背後銘文為：「永樂丙戌楚節吉旦」，
見《Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present》，倫敦，1991年，160頁，圖版119號。

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