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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN ⋿⬳ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱咖䒋䲳䙴
A ‘LONGQUAN’ ‘LOTUS’ BOWL Ը๕
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY HansġPopperġĩ1903Į1988Īġ㓞啷
EskenaziġLtdį炻ΐ㔎
Þ nely potted, the deep rounded sides rising from a short
slightly tapered foot, the exterior subtly molded with ࢝ᚎ
overlapping lotus petals, covered overall with a sea-green Ṇ㳚喅埻⍲㔯⊾ᷕ⽫炷䎦⎵䁢Ṇ㳚喅埻⌂䈑棐炸炻
glaze, save for the unglazed footring revealing the gray 冲慹Ⱉ炻1973⸜
stoneware body ẵ㕗䈡喅埻⌂䈑棐炻ẵ㕗䈡炻1973军1974⸜
Diameter 6½ in., 16.6 cm
⶜䇦䘬㐑喅埻⌂䈑棐炻⶜䇦䘬㐑炻1974⸜
⃳⇑⣓嗕喅埻⌂䈑棐炻ὬṍὬⶆ炻1974⸜
PROVENANCE
大晭⚾喅埻⌂䈑棐炻大晭⚾炻1974⸜
Collection of Hans Popper (1903-1988).
Ṇ㳚喅埻⌂䈑棐炻冲慹Ⱉ炻1985军1990⸜炷ῇ⯽炸
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
忼㉱㕗喅埻⌂䈑棐炻忼㉱㕗炻1991军2005⸜炷ῇ⯽炸
EXHIBITED ˪SongġCeramicsġfromġtheġHansġPopperġCollection˫炻
Center for Asian Art and Culture (now known as Asian Art EskenaziġLtdį炻ΐ㔎炻2005⸜炻䶐嘇13
Museum), San Francisco, 1973.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 1973 - 1974. ̈و
RenéĮYvonġLefebvreġD’Argencé炻˪TheġHansġPopperġ
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1974.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, 1974. CollectionġofġOrientalġArt˫炻㜙Ṕ炻1973⸜炻⚾䇰92
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1974.
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1985 - 1990 (on loan).
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 1991 - 2005 (on loan).
Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection, Eskenazi
Ltd., London, 2005, cat. no. 13.
LITERATURE
René-Yvon Lefebvre D’Argencé, The Hans Popper Collection
of Oriental Art, Tokyo, 1973, pl. 92.
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