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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED ‘TALE OF THE PIPA’ A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED ‘LOTUS SCROLL’
BOWL BARBED-RIM DISH
Hongwu 14th/15th century
The heavily-potted bowl moulded on the interior with figures from The body with lobed rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to
the Ming dynasty drama within interior settings beside captions, all a broad everted barbed rim, finely carved on the interior with a double-
beneath a key-fret band below the rim, covered with a thick green line medallion enclosing two blossoming lotus issuing from leafy
olive-glaze. tendrils, the lobed cavetto with leafy scrolls mirrored on the exterior,
17.5cm (6 7/8in) diam. covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for an unglazed ring
under the base left in the biscuit.
£3,000 - 5,000 37cm (14 1/2in) diam.
CNY27,000 - 45,000
£3,000 - 5,000
明洪武 龍泉青釉琵琶記圖盌 CNY27,000 - 45,000

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 十四/十五世紀 龍泉青釉刻纏枝蓮紋棱口盤
1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 -
IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986). of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius
Acquired from K. D. Lu, Shanghai, 13 June 1941. IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).
來源： 佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968） According to the collection inventory list, acquired on 24 January 1943.
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
（1894-1986）伉儷收藏 來源：
於1941年6月13日購自上海古董商鼎盛齋古玩號 佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968）
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
The Tale of the Pipa (琵琶記) is a southern play originating during the （1894-1986）伉儷收藏
late Yuan dynasty by Gao Ming 高明 (circa 1305–1370) and was the 據檔案記載，購於 1943年1月24日
most popular drama of the Ming period. The play was highly regarded
by the Hongwu emperor, who had it performed at Court regularly. Compare with a similarly decorated Longquan celadon glazed dish,
Ming dynasty, illustrated in Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming
Compare two bowls from the British Museum, London, with impressed Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2009, no.30.
figural designs and captions, but of a different pattern, illustrated by
J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
pls.16:52 and 16:53.

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