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136           A MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON
              ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
137           Yuan Dynasty
54 | BONHAMS  Thinly potted with gently rounded sides rising
              from a slightly tapering foot ring, the exterior
              delicately moulded with a band of upturned
              lotus petals, covered overall in a lightly-
              crackled, glassy sea-green glaze, the foot ring
              unglazed and burnt slightly orange to the rim,
              fitted box. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam. (2).

              £1,500 - 2,000
              CNY15,000 - 19,000
              HK$18,000 - 24,000

              Provenance
              A Japanese private collection
              Sotheby’s London, 6 November 2013, lot 257
              A Swiss Private Collection, and thence by
              descent to the present owner.

              The Longquan kilns, active from around the
              9th/10th century up until the 18th century,
              were particularly renowned for their celadon
              glazes which, thanks to a high-alkali and
              high-silica content, as well as multiple firings
              and applications of glaze, acquired a highly
              sought-after jade-like quality to their texture
              and colour, like the bowl in present lot.

              Bowls of this shape were popular during
              the Song and Yuan dynasties, and six are
              illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from
              the Meiyintang Collection vol. 1, London,
              1994, pp. 290-1, nos. 539-44.

              136
              A YAOZHOU LOTUS FORM INCENSE
              BURNER
              Northern Song
              Carved in relief to the exterior with a broad
              band of overlapping lotus petals encircling a
              channelled rim, set on a spreading lotus leaf
              form base with six inwardly curling lobes, the
              hollowed foot interior containing a central
              plug, all covered in a lightly crackled sea
              green glaze.
              14.5cm (5.3/4in) diam.

              £2,200 - 2,500
              CNY21,000 - 24,000
              HK$26,000 - 29,000

              137
              A KOREAN GORYO CELADON BOWL
              12th century
              The deep bowl entirely covered in a fine
              greyish-green glaze, the glazed foot with three
              spur marks, the interior delicately incised with
              three long-tailed birds in mutual pursuit.
              18.3cm (7 1/8in) diam.

              £500 - 700
              CNY4,800 - 6,800
              HK$5,900 - 8,200

              Provenance
              Purchased from Bluett and Sons on 25th
              August 1960 for £95 (facsimile of receipt and
              label)
              F.O.S. & M. Dobell Collection no. 39 (label)
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