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A RARE CARVED ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON
‘BOYS’ BOWL
SONG DYNASTY
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to
an everted rim, freely carved and combed to the interior with
three boys divided by ß oral sprays, the exterior carved with
spiralling petals, covered overall in an olive-green glaze
19.5 cm, 7½ in.
A closely related bowl, from the collections of Kurt M. Simon
th
and Frederick Mayer, was sold at Christie’s London, 24 June
1974, lot 65. Compare also a bowl of this type and freely-
incised style, but carved with animals and ß owers on the
interior, published in Longquan Celadon of China, Hangzhou,
1998, pl. 51; a much smaller version decorated with a stylised
lotus brance against a stippled ground, in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong
Kong, 1996, pl. 139; and a third bowl, of slightly di% erent form
and covered in a crackled glaze, with a plain exterior and lotus
design to the interior, included in Longquan qingci, Beijing,
1966, pl. 11.
£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 111,000-166,000 US$ 14,100-21,200

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