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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (base)
1530
A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
The bowl is well potted with deep, rounded conical sides crisply
carved on the exterior with a broad band of petals rising from the
foot, and is covered overall with a luminous glaze of rich sea-green
color, including the interior of the foot and base.
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) diam., box
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE
Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong.
Zetterquist Galleries, New York, 2002.
Walter Bareiss, Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired in 2002.
EXHIBITED
New York, Zetterquist Galleries, Chinese Ceramics: Tang - Ming
Dynasties, March 2009.
As well as having a domestic purpose, bowls of this type were made for
export, as evidenced by examples recovered from a shipwreck of the Korean
coast, “probably on its way to Japan, on or shortly after AD 1323,” and
illustrated in Relics Salvaged from the Seabed of Sinan, Materials I, Seoul,
1985, pl. 15 top and bottom.
宋 龍泉窯青釉蓮紋盌
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