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A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE
BOWL COLLECTION
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’
DISH
with deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot, the
exterior molded with overlapping lotus petals, covered SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
overall with a olive-green glaze except for the footring, pared the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot,
to expose the brownish-gray clay body the exterior carved with upright overlapping petals, covered
Diameter 6½ in., 16.5 cm overall in a rich sage-green glaze stopping irregularly at the
foot, the footring unglazed and burnt slightly orange in the
⊖ $ 8,000-12,000 firing
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm
南宋 龍泉青釉蓮瓣盌 PROVENANCE
Private Collection, acquired before the 1980s, and thence by
descent.
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⊖ $ 8,000-12,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
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BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY 來源
私人收藏，購於1980年代之前，此後家族傳承
finely potted, the deep rounded sides rising from a short
slightly tapered foot, the exterior subtly molded with slender
overlapping lotus petals, covered overall with an unctuous
sea-green glaze save for the unglazed footring, revealing the 241
gray stoneware body
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
PROVENANCE A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED YI-FORM
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st-2nd October 1991, lot 724. POURING VESSEL
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
$ 6,000-8,000
the rounded sides very slightly tapered on one end to the
curved channeled spout, the interior and exterior covered
南宋 龍泉窰青釉蓮瓣盌 with a rich sea-green glaze, the countersunk base with an
unglazed ring burnt orange during firing, wood stand (2)
Width 8 in., 20.2 cm
來源
香港佳士得1991年10月1至2日，編號724 PROVENANCE
Yamanaka & Co. Ltd., Kobe, 5th July 1950.
New York Private Collection, acquired from the above, and
thence by descent.
Compare two closely related examples from the National
Palace Museum Collection, exhibited in Green: Longquan
Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum,
Taipei, 2009, cat. nos 2 and 3. Another example is published
in Sherman E. Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the
Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland, 1968,
cat. no. 61. A similar example, formerly in the Edward T.
Chow Collection, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th
December 1980, lot 301.

$ 6,000-8,000

元 / 明 龍泉窰青釉匜

來源
山中商會，神戶，1950年7月5日
紐約私人收藏，購於上述處，此後家族傳承
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