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A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON
'FLORAL' BOWL
YONGLE-XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435)
The bowl has deep rounded sides carved on the
exterior with composite floral scrolls, including
lotus, pomegranate and peony blossoms, and the
interior is carved with another floral scroll with
the same flowers encircling a gardenia spray
at the centre. The glaze is of a pale olive-
green tone.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam.,
Japanese wood box
HK$150,000-240,000
US$20,000-31,000

PROVENANCE
Kawahara Family Collection,
inventory no. 85, a collection formed
in the 19th and early 20th century
The carved decoration on this bowl
relates closely to the designs found
on blue and white bowls that were
produced at the same time during the
early Ming period. There are numerous
examples of Yongle and Xuande porcelain
bowls with dense lotus scrolls or composite
floral scrolls on the exterior and on the interior
encircling a central floral medallion. One such
example is the Yongle bowl illustrated by J. A.
Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine,
Washington D.C., 1956, pl. 47.
Compare also to an early-Ming Longquan
example with classic scrolls below the rim is in
the collection of Seikadō Bunko Art Musuem,
Tokyo, illustrated in Longquan Ware:
Chinese Celadon Beloved of the
Japanese, Japan, 2012, p. 82, pl. 93.

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