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                                                                       A QINGBAI FOLIATE-RIMMED BOWL
A LONGQUAN CELADON DEEP BOWL WITH FOLIATE RIM                          Southern Song dynasty, 12th/13th Century
Ming dynasty                                                           The flared rim carved with six notches and the wide curving well
The barbs on the flaring rim conforming to the subtly ribbed exterior  incised with a stylized peony branch with some combed details, the
walls incised with flowering branches above a band of lotus petals     lustrous and pale blue-green glaze covering all surfaces except the
carved along the canted lower body, the deep well incised with the     recessed base burnt a dark cinnamon brown.
character fu in a combed quatrefoil frame and the walls filled with    7 3/4in (19.5cm) diameter
an overlapping feather pattern, the olive green glaze covering all
surfaces except an unglazed firing ring on the deeply recessed base.   US$1,500 - 2,000
6 3/8in (16.2cm) diameter

US$2,000 - 3,000                                                       Provenance
                                                                       purchased from Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, sale 15288,
8145                                                                   18 June 2007, lot 6339;
A LONGQUAN CELADON CONICAL TEA BOWL                                    inventory from the Daibutsu Art Studio, San Francisco
Song dynasty
Molded with a flared rim and wide well tapering sharply inward to the  8147
wedged foot surrounding the shallow recessed base, the limpid gray-    A CELADON GLAZED OIL LAMP
green glaze covering all surfaces except the pad of the foot burnt     13th/14th century
cinnamon brown along the edges, a silver band applied at a later       Of circular section with a reservoir at the top in the form of a shallow
date to the lip.                                                       lotus bowl on a tall foot rising out of a cut work octagonal balustrade
5 7/8in (15cm) diameter                                                above opposing animals applied in raised relief to the tall stepped
                                                                       base with hollow interior, the slightly degraded glaze of pale green-
US$6,000 - 8,000                                                       green hue covering all surfaces except the foot pad.
                                                                       7 1/8in (18cm) high

                                                                       US$2,000 - 3,000

                                                                       Provenance
                                                                       acquired from Dragon House, San Francisco, 2012

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