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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON DEEP BOWL
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The bowl has deep rounded sides rising to a straight rim and stands on a short foot ring.
It is covered all over in a thick, even celadon glaze of sea-green tone, with a circle in the
interior of the foot ring left unglazed to expose the body.
10 Ω in. (26.5 cm.) diam., Japanese lacquer cover, Japanese wood box
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, Osaka, acquired in the early 20th century.
This type of deep bowl would have been used as a water container during tea
ceremony. Compare the present lot with an almost identical bowl in the Hakutsuru
Fine Art Museum, Kobe.
明十五世紀 龍泉窯青釉盌
來源
大阪私人珍藏，於二十世紀初入藏
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