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A Longquan celadon deep dish with incised and
7238 stamped decoration
Ming dynasty
7239 Its wide rim flange incised with a dissolved leafy spray, the curving
walls with a classic lotus flower and leaf scroll and the floor with an
132 | BONHAMS ogival reserve framing a stamped flower spray, the reverse finished
without decoration above the wide foot ring and an olive-green glaze
applied everywhere except the cinnamon-burnt firing ring on the
recessed base.
13 3/8in (34cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
purchased in Tokyo, January, 1953

For a dish of similar size and incised program of decoration but
stamped with two fish instead of the floral spray, see Regina Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul , 1986: vol.
I, no. 375 (TKS15/752), p. 334, as 15th century (35cm diameter).

7238
A Longquan celadon dish with foliate rim
Ming dynasty
Thickly formed and finished with a raised edge to the rim flange,
concave ribs to the curving well that repeat on the exterior and a twin
chrysanthemum spray stamped at the center, the gray-green glaze
covering all surfaces including the wide foot ring and portions of the
recessed base marked with a cinnamon-burnt firing ring.
13 3/8in (34cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
purchased in Japan, 1952

For a Longquan foliate-rimmed dish with similar gray-green glaze and
stamped twin-chrysanthemum spray, see Southeast Asian Ceramics
Society, Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast
Asia, 1979, no. 193, p. 220 and pl. 155 (33cm diameter, as 14th
century). A flat rimmed dish with similar fluting and stamped twin-
chrysanthemum spray is dated to the 15th century by Regina Krahl in
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, 1986: vol. I,
no. 448 (TKS 15/476), p. 350 (37cm diameter).

Property from Another Owner

7239
A Longquan celadon deep dish
14th century
Thickly molded with a raised outer edge to the rim flange, interior walls
incised and combed with a foliage scroll pattern, the floor of the well
stamped with a tiny character shan (mountain) visible within a faint
lotus pod and water weed roundel, the exterior without decoration, the
pale olive-green glaze covering all surfaces except the cinnamon-burnt
firing ring on the shallow recessed base.
13 3/4in (35cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
a Private Collection, Hawaii

For Longquan dishes of similar shape and foliage scrolls incised to
the well, see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
Museum Istanbul , 1986: vol. I, nos.132-134, p. 271 as early to mid-
14th century (32 to 41.5cm diameters).