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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

well potted, the gently rounded aring sides rising to an
incurved rim, the exterior carved with a band of tall lotus
petals, covered overall with a thick kinuta bluish-green celadon
glaze, stopping neatly around the footring to reveal the
stoneware burnt brownish-orange in the ring, Japanese wood
box (3)
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.9 cm
The distinctive form of this bowl was inspired by Middle
Eastern pottery and metalwork. See Margaret Medley,
Metalwork and Chinese Ceramics, London, 1972, pls 15a and b,
illustrating a 12th-13th century Persian bronze bowl alongside a
Longquan bowl of corresponding form.
Compare a similar bowl from the collection of the Zhejiang
Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, included in the exhibition
Céladons. Grès des musées de la province du Zhejiang, Chine,
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, 2005, cat. no. 77.

$ 12,000-15,000

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