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893 A LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD 元 明初ǭ十四世紀末 十Ն世紀初ǭ
BULB BOWL 龍泉窯青釉八卦Ա釘紋Ӳ足‐
YUAN–EARLY MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH–EARLY 15TH CENTURY
The compressed body is raised on three curved mask supports and is Ϝ源
carved around the exterior with the Eight Trigrams (bagua) between 海軍ӳ校4 / 'FSSJT -VCPTIF[
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bands of bosses. The whole is covered in a glaze of rich sea-green
color ending unevenly on the interior around a molded floral
medallion in the unglazed center. A Longquan celadon bulb bowl of the same design from the
Eumorfopoulos Collection, now in the British Museum, was
12º in. (31 cm.) diam.
included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London
$4,000-6,000 1935-36, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 1325, and also
illustrated by R. L. Hobson in the Eumorfopoulos Collection
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Captain S. N. Ferris Luboshez (1896-1984), Catalogue, Vol. II, pl. XXXVI, no. B136. See, also, another
Washington D.C. example of this type with similar peony sprig impressed in the
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2907. unglazed center and with the Eight Trigrams carved around the
sides, also in the British Museum, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall,
Ming Ceramics, London, 2001, p. 495, no. 16:87, where it is dated
Yuan to early Ming dynasty, c. 1300-1400.

892 A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 元 明初ǭ十四 十Ն世紀ǭ龍泉窯青釉高足盃
STEM CUP
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY Ϝ源
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The cup has rounded sides rising to a lipped rim and is carved on
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the interior with lotus scroll and on the exterior with four large
petal lappets. It is raised on a tall, ribbed stem foot and is covered
overall with a lustrous sea-green glaze.
5º in. (13.2 cm.) diam.
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
Galeria Internacional de Arte, Brazil, 1997.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2533.
Similar Longquan celadon stem cups are in the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in The Charles B. Hoyt Collection
Memorial Exhibition, Boston, 1952, p. 57, no. 227; in the Tokyo
National Museum, illustrated in the Illustrated Catalogue of
Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, p. 7,
no. 19; and in the Seligman Collection, published by J. Ayers,
The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art, Vol. II, London, 1964,
pl. LXI, no. D187, described on pp. 90-91. See, also, examples
in the British Museum, London, of similar form without the
lotus scroll on the exterior, illustrated by R. Harrison-Hall in
Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum,
London, 2001, pp. 463-464, nos. 16:2-16:5.

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