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A SUPERB LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN FISH' 南宋晚期 元ǎ十˕ 十ोˠ紀ǎ
DISH 龍泉⒋青釉雙魚紋盤
LATE SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
Ϝ源
The shallow, rounded sides that rise from the tapering foot to the everted rim are 重要私́珍藏
神戶
於 年代Ն藏
carved on the exterior with a band of upright petals, and the center of the interior is 秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
relief-decorated with two small fish, all under a glaze of sea-green color that also
covers the interior of the foot.
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE:
Important private collection, Kobe, acquired in the 1950s.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

This dish is exceptional for its glaze of even, sea-green color. Examples of
Longquan 'twin fish' dishes have been found in Southern Song kilns in the
Longquan region, such as the dish unearthed at Jincun, illustrated in Longquan
Qingci Yanjiu, Beijing, 1989, pl. 36:3. Other examples of Longquan molded 'twin
fish' dishes were recovered from the cargo of a trading vessel that sank off the
coast of Sinan, South Korea, in the 1320s, and were included in the Special
Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off the Sinan Coast, National Museum of
Korea, Seoul, 1977, pl. 28. Other examples are in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, included in Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National
Palace Museum, Lung-chu'än Ware, Ko Ware and other Wares, Taipei, 1974,
pl. 26, and in the Percival David Foundation, included in the Illustrated Catalogue
of Celadon Wares, rev. ed., London, 1997, p. 27, no. 265.

(with box)

50 M I N E O H A T A A N I N S T I N C T I V E E Y E