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Chinese Ceramics
PROPERTY FROM A CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
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AN ELEGANTLY MOLDED YAOZHOU BOWL A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED FOOTED DISH
Song/Jin dynasties, 11th/12th century Song dynasty 12th/13th century
Of flared conical form, and covered overall with a pale green celadon With low rounded sides rising from a straight foot surrounding a
glaze, the interior molded with four swimming carp on a sea of convex foot, the exterior carved with a repeating pattern of overlapping
undulating waves surrounding a conch shell in the well, the exterior a petals, the interior with an incised design of lotus spray, covered overall
web of stiff leaves under the plain, everted rim, the buff foot exposed. with an unctuous sea green glaze.
4 1/4in (11.1cm) diameter 6 1/2in (17cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000 $2,500 - 4,000
Provenance Provenance
Flores & Iva, June 2003 Flores & Iva, February 2001
For a similar bowl see Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection. Hong
Kong Museum of Art, 1994, plate 82, page 200.
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