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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CARVED AND MOLDED
‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED
DISH
SONG DYNASTY
the rounded, lobed sides rising to an everted
barbed rim, the central medallion molded
with a peony blossom wreathed by buds and
leaves and enclosed in an incised quatrefoil, the
cavetto and exterior freely carved with further
peony blossoms borne on long, curling stems,
covered overall in a lustrous seafoam-green
glaze save for a circle at the base burnt orange
during Þ ring
Diameter 12⅞ in., 32.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 17th January 1989, lot
586.
$ 10,000-15,000
⬳ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⌘䈉ᷡ䲳厙剙⺷䚌
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楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿1989⸜1㚰17㖍炻䶐嘇586

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PROPERTY FROM A MICHIGAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED
‘PEONY’ DISH
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
the interior centered by an impressed peony
blossom wreathed by a ring of leaves, further
bordered by a ring of carved tapering clefts,
encircled by a single line border, the cavetto
freely carved with further foliate motifs,
covered overall in a rich seafoam-green glaze
save for a ring on the base Þ red orange
Diameter 13 in., 33 cm
PROVENANCE
C.C. Lai, Toronto.
$ 5,000-7,000
⃫ġİġ㖶ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⌘䈉ᷡ䲳䚌
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CįġCįġLai炻⣂ΐ⣂

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