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A LONGQUAN CELADON MOULDED A GE-TYPE OCTAGONAL CUP A FAHUA-GLAZED FIGURE OF A
BOWL Ming Dynasty or later SCHOLAR AND A PAIR OF BUDDHIST
Ming Dynasty The rounded sides rising from a short foot, LIONS
The deep sided bowl finely moulded with Li covered overall in a thick glaze of soft beige Ming Dynasty
Bai reading a scroll, Zhen Zi and Feng Qin, tone suffused with a network of grey and iron The scholar modelled seated wearing an
Confucius seated in a dignified expression crackles, the unglazed foot revealing the dark official cap and loose flowing robes; together
and the Tang beauty Zhao Jun seated body. with a pair of seated Buddhist lions on
before a screen, each beside an inscription, 9cm (3 1/2in) wide pedestal bases.
all beneath a key fret band to the rim, the The scholar: 19.3cm (7 5/8in) high (3).
exterior incised with a floral band. £1,000 - 1,500
15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. HK$9,700 - 15,000 £800 - 1,200
CNY8,500 - 13,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000
£1,000 - 1,500 CNY6,800 - 10,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000
CNY8,500 - 13,000 Provenance
The Earl and Countess of Avon Collection.
For further examples of this type see
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British
Museum, 2001, nos 16:52 and 16:53.

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