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11. A Longquan Celadon Octagonal Bowl
Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1127–1279)

with deep flaring sides defined by rounded angles on the exterior and corresponding grooves on
the interior, covered with a bluish-green kinuta glaze which drains from the upturned straight rim,
standing on a tall ring foot enclosing a recessed base, the square-cut footrim unglazed and the
exposed stoneware fired reddish-brown.

Diameter 3 ⁄4 inches (9.5 cm)
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A Longquan celadon bowl of this rare form is illustrated in Longquan yao yanjiu (The Research of Longquan Kiln), Beijing,
2011, p. 53, pl. 5, from the collection of the Shanghai Museum.
Compare also the slightly smaller Geyao bowl of this shape published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain
in the National Palace Museum: Lung-ch’üan, Ko Ware and Other Wares, Taipei, 1974, no. 58.

南宋 龍泉青瓷八角杯 徑 9.5 厘米