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THE PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN                                                (another view)

1170
A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED BOWL

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The interior is carved with four lobed panels in the center containing the four-
character mark Jinyu mantang (‘May your home be flled with jade and gold’),
surrounded by leafy peony scroll in the well, and the exterior is carved with
foral scroll below a band of key fret at the rim. The bowl is covered overall with
a soft sea-green glaze, except for an unglazed ring on the base.
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) diam., black lacquered cover, Japanese wood box, silk pouch

$6,000-8,000

明十五世紀 龍泉青釉金玉滿堂大盌

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