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PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
PORTLAND, OREGON, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM
ACQUISITION FUND 6197
A LONGQUAN CELADON DEEP DISH
6195 Ming dynasty, 15th century
A LONGQUAN CELADON DISH The floor of the well centered with a lotus spray freely incised within a
Ming dynasty combed barbed frame, further lotus flowers and leaf scrolls encircling
Thickly molded, the shallow curving well centered with a stamped the interior walls and leaf scrolls along wide rim, the outer walls
peony roundel surrounded by comb marks radiating upward toward without decoration and the olive green glaze covering all surfaces
the rim finished with a raised edge, the olive green glaze covering except a firing ring on the recessed base.
all surfaces except a russet-burnt patch across the recessed base 16 3/4in (42.5cm) diameter
within the foot ring (gilt lacquer repair to rim).
9 1/2in (23.5cm) diameter US$2,500 - 4,000
US$1,000 - 1,500 For similarly incised dishes, see Regina Krahl, Chinese Porcelains in
the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. 1, nos. 252-259, pp.306-
6196 307.
TWO LONGQUAN CELADON CONTAINERS
Ming dynasty 6198
The first a deep-bodied censer marked on the exterior walls with a
combed grid of crisscross lines filled with dissolved cloud scrolls, A LONGQUAN CELADON JAR WITH ASSOCIATED LID
the base centered with a cylindrical protrusion surrounded by three Ming dynasty
stubby legs (repaired breaks); the second a bottle vase of pear The jar of compressed globular form molded with thick walls and
shape showing a similar combed diagonal grid surrounding opposing carved in relief with three reserves of qilin separated by diaper-
reserves of flowering branches (neck reduced in size). patterned panels, the flared foot filled with a convex dish-shaped
7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter of censer base applied from the interior, the glassy moss green glaze showing
10 1/2in (26.7cm) height of vase extensive craze lines (firing cracks); the associated lid carved with
emblems of the Eight Immortals on the convex surfaces above an
US$500 - 700 undulating rim, the craze filled glaze firing to an olive green hue.
11in (28cm) diameter of jar
10 3/4in (27.2cm) diameter of lid
US$5,000 - 7,000
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