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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON DISH 明十̩ 十Սˠ紀 龍泉⒋青釉折沿盤
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
15æ in. (40 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$5,000-7,000

Three very similar Longquan celadon dishes of comparable size are in
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and are illustrated by Tsai Mei-fen,
ed., in Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009,
pp. 84-7, nos. 36-8.

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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON STEM CUP The flared stem of this stem cup is divided into three sections by
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) horizontal ribs in imitation of a stalk of bamboo. As noted by J.
Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
4q in. (11.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
2001, p. 463, “bamboo is assigned Confucian qualities which are much
$4,000-6,000 admired in a man – it does not break under pressure, and is constant,
never losing its colour even in adverse conditions.” Harrison-Hall
illustrates, pp. 463-64, nos. 16:2-16:5, four Longquan celadon stem
元 龍泉⒋青釉ח花高足盃 cups with similar “bamboo” stems, all of which are dated Yuan to
Ming dynasty, c. 1300-1400. The bowls of the stem cups illustrated by
Harrison-Hall, however, are all plain, unlike the bowl of the current
stem cup which is carved with petal lappets.

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