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Four provincial celadon wares A crackled glazed vase, cong
14th/15th century Late Qing Dynasty or later
Comprising a crackle glazed dish with a central carved floral roundel; Of archaistic form, carved to the corners with raised panels of
a deep olive glazed dish; two tripod incense burners; and a flaring horizontal linear designs, the cream coloured glaze suffused with a
pottery footed dish, covered in a flecked greenish yellow glaze, falling light crackle, the foot unglazed.
short of the lower body to the exterior, possibly Liao Dynasty. 26.6cm (10.1/2in) high.
The largest dish 24cm (9.1/2in) diam. (5).

£500 - 700 £500 - 700 HK$5,900 - 8,300
CNY4,700 - 6,600 CNY4,700 - 6,600

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A Longquan celadon dish
217 Ming Dynasty
A Shiwan-type stoneware lobed dish The heavily potted dish incised and moulded to the well with foliate
Qing Dynasty motifs, the side with radiating flutes, all covered in a thick bean-green
The shallow dish with foliate moulded sides, the subtly crackled olive- glaze, the base with an unglazed firing ring oxidised to a reddish-
brown coloured glaze thinning to a speckled reddish hue at the rim orange colour.
and pooling in the lobes to a mottled grey-blue. 33cm (13in) diam.
20.5cm (8in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000 £800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000
CNY7,600 - 11,000 CNY7,600 - 11,000

For a comparable Shiwan dish dated Tongzhi/Guangxu see Exhibition
of Shiwan Wares, Fung Ping Shan Museum, 1979, p. 51, no. 81.

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