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958

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
PETER M. GREINER

A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON BARBED
RIM DISH
MING DYNASTY

the slightly convex center molded with a peony
spray, encircled by a aring petal-molded well
rising to the barbed rim with raised edge, covered
overall in a sea-green glaze, the base with an
unglazed ring red to brick red
Diameter 10⅜ in., 26.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired between 1970- 1979.

EXHIBITED

The Collector’s Earth, A Survey of Chinese
Ceramics, New Hampshire Institute of Art,
Manchester, New Hampshire, 1999, cat. no. 43.

958

$ 1,500-2,500

㖶ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⌘䈉ᷡ䲳厙⎋䚌

960
959

959 The ‘Immortals’ bowl: 960
Collection of Mrs. A. Kok-Viersen.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. Sotheby’s London, 28th May 1974, lot 226, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS
PETER M. GREINER (inventory no. P130). AND DOROTHY COFIELD

THREE ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON $ 2,000-3,000 A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON
GLAZED VESSELS WARMING BOWL
SONG MING DYNASTY ⬳军㖶ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱☐ᶱẞ MING DYNASTY

comprising a small bowl with ‘petals’ molded to ⍲ġ㖶ġ曺慱⌘ℓẁ䲳䙴 of hollow double-walled construction with deep
the exterior, Song dynasty; a shallow dish with rounded exterior sides and an interior shallow
a spray of owers carved to the interior, Ming bowl, the exterior freely carved with scrolling
dynasty; and a tripod censer, Ming dynasty; peony, the interior medallion carved with a large
together with a molded ‘Immortals’ bowl, Ming peony blossom encircled by a diapered cavetto,
dynasty (5) the unglazed recessed base with a circular
Diameter of the largest 6¾ in., 17.1 cm aperture, covered overall in a crackled olive-green
glaze, Japanese wood box (3)
PROVENANCE Diameter 6¼ in., 15.8 cm
The tripod censer:
Collection of Warren Cox (1895-1977). PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1977, lot 58, Crane Gallery, Seattle, 10th June 2005.
(inventory no. 241).
$ 1,500-2,000
78 SOTHEBY’S
㖶ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⇣䈉ᷡ䲳㹓䙴