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7232
A Longquan celadon dish
Southern Song dynasty
Smoothly molded with a circular recessed
floor and shallow, curving well in contrast
to the lotus petals in relief on the exterior
extending outward from a wedged foot ring
and recessed base, a lustrous blue-green
glaze of fairly even hue covering all surfaces
except the cinnamon-burnt the foot pad.
6 1/4in (15.8cm) diameter
$15,000 - 25,000

The color, shape and lotus petal decoration on
this dish compare with an underdish to a covered
tea bowl, among the 1,200 pieces excavated in
1991 from the Jinyucun ceramic hoard in Suining
County, Sichuan: see Zhu Boqian, Longquan Yao
Qingci, 1998, No. 139, pl. 168.

7233 7234
A small Longquan celadon censer
Ming dynasty
Molded with a rim canting inward above a
wide shallow well and two bands of raised
bosses extending around the curving exterior
walls, the slightly convex base raised on
three animal head feet and centered with a
protruding ring burnt a warm cinnamon brown
in contrast to the uneven olive green glaze
covering the remaining surfaces.
6 1/4in (16cm) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from a California
collector

7234
A Longquan celadon shallow bowl
Yuan/Ming dynasty
Thickly molded with a shallow well, canted
walls and twisted reed bands on the exterior
raised in relief to imitate a wood barrel, the
crazed olive-green glaze covering the interior,
exterior walls and the foot pad, the shallowly
recessed base burnt cinnamon brown except
for a circular patch of glaze at the center.
5 3/8in (13.5cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

7235
A Longquan celadon jar, guan
14th century
Of compressed ovoid form with a thick rim to
the short neck, the exterior walls carved with a
band of alternating lotus flowers and leaves and
another of lotus petals rising above the thick
foot pad, the base closed with a separately
shaped concave plug before the lustrous sea-
green glaze was applied on all surfaces except
the cinnamon-burnt lip and foot pad.
11in (28cm) diameter
8 1/4in (21cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000

For a jar of similar base construction, form 7235
and carved decoration with the original
cover preserved, see the example in the
Philadelphia Museum of Art illustrated
in Margaret Medley, Yuan Porcelain &
Stoneware, 1974, pl. 70a-c (22.9cm high).

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