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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED BARBED-RIM The present dish, although made in Longquan, closely follows in form
‘LOQUATS’ DISH and decoration blue and white porcelain produced in Jingdezhen
Late 14th/early 15th century at the same time. See for example J.A. Pope, Chinese Porcelains
The sturdily potted vessel carved to the well with a fruiting loquat from the Ardebil Shrine, London, 1981, pl.43; and see also Gugong
tree, the lobed cavetto divided into panels enclosing leafy flowering bowuyuan: Ming chu qinghua ci, Beijing, 2002, pl.40.
stems of peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus below the everted
barbed rim, the exterior carved with double panels of flowering For a similar group of barbed rim dishes, circa 1400, see Chinese
stems, below a floral and foliate band to the rim underside, the vessel Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum: Yuan and Ming Dynasty
evenly covered in an unctuous glaze, the base with a burnt orange Celadon Wares, Regina Krahl, Sotheby’s Publications, 1986, pp.300-
firing ring. 47cm (18 1/2in) diam. 301, nos. 233-239. Also from this group see an example of a dish
with fruiting lychee, dated early 15th century, p.303, no. 24, from the
£4,000 - 6,000 same publication.
HK$42,000 - 64,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000 For another example of a rare Longquan ‘loquats’ dish, see Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3011.
The Property of a Gentleman

Provenance: The property of a European family, acquired circa 1900
and thence by descent.

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