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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. GEORGE S. HEYER, JR. (1930-2015)
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A RARE FINELY CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON DISH PROVENANCE
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 21 May 1979, lot 29.
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, July 1979.
The shallow dish is carved in the center with a leafy fower spray bearing a
George S. Heyer, Jr. (1930-2015) Collection.
large central blossom within a double-line border below a dense band of
similar fower scroll on the sides and a classic scroll border at the slightly out- A similar saucer dish is illustrated by M. Sullivan in Chinese Ceramics,
curved rim. A further band of fower scroll encircles the exterior above a band Bronzes and jades in the collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963,
of key fret on the tapered foot. The dish is covered overall with a glaze of olive- pl. 99a, and another was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2009,
green color that continues over the foot onto the base which has an unglazed lot 364.
ring burnt orange in the fring.
明十五世紀 龍泉青釉花卉紋盤
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) diam., metal stand
$12,000-18,000
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