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3181 㖍㛔⭞㕷䍵啷炻℞㕤㰇㇞㗪ẋ炷1603-1868炸⺢䩳

A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON
BARBED-RIM BOWL

MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

The sturdily-potted deep bowl is moulded with fluted walls
extending to the bracketed rim. The interior is carved to the
centre with an open flower, surrounded by two scrolling peonies
separated by leafy stems. The decoration is similarly repeated
on the exterior with a band of stylised flowers enclosed within
combed borders along the rim, all under an attractive green glaze
pooling in the recesses, with the unglazed ring on the underside
fired to a rusty orange tone.
8 ƒ in. (21.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

HK$100,000-200,000 US$13,000-26,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private family collection, formed in the Edo period
(1603-1868)

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