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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ The form of the present bowl is particulaly auspicious. Symbolic
BOWL of autumn, designating the time for good harvest and joviality,
15th century the chrysanthemum was also highly regarded for its health-giving
The deep fluted sides supported on a short foot rising steeply to properties and auspicious reference relating to immortality. Compare
a scalloped rim, the exterior moulded with rows of petals, covered with a related Longquan celadon-glazed bowl, early to mid-14th
in a lustrous sea-green glaze except the centre of the interior with century, illustrated by J.Ayers and R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the
an applied chrysanthemum flower in biscuit, the firing ring on the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, p.246, pl.28.
recessed base. 31.9cm (12 1/2in) diam.

£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000

十五世紀 龍泉青釉菊瓣大盌

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