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136 A MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON
‘LOTUS’ BOWL
137 Yuan Dynasty
54 | BONHAMS Thinly potted with gently rounded sides rising
from a slightly tapering foot ring, the exterior
delicately moulded with a band of upturned
lotus petals, covered overall in a lightly-
crackled, glassy sea-green glaze, the foot ring
unglazed and burnt slightly orange to the rim,
fitted box. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000

Provenance
A Japanese private collection
Sotheby’s London, 6 November 2013, lot 257
A Swiss Private Collection, and thence by
descent to the present owner.

The Longquan kilns, active from around the
9th/10th century up until the 18th century,
were particularly renowned for their celadon
glazes which, thanks to a high-alkali and
high-silica content, as well as multiple firings
and applications of glaze, acquired a highly
sought-after jade-like quality to their texture
and colour, like the bowl in present lot.

Bowls of this shape were popular during
the Song and Yuan dynasties, and six are
illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from
the Meiyintang Collection vol. 1, London,
1994, pp. 290-1, nos. 539-44.

136
A YAOZHOU LOTUS FORM INCENSE
BURNER
Northern Song
Carved in relief to the exterior with a broad
band of overlapping lotus petals encircling a
channelled rim, set on a spreading lotus leaf
form base with six inwardly curling lobes, the
hollowed foot interior containing a central
plug, all covered in a lightly crackled sea
green glaze.
14.5cm (5.3/4in) diam.

£2,200 - 2,500
CNY21,000 - 24,000
HK$26,000 - 29,000

137
A KOREAN GORYO CELADON BOWL
12th century
The deep bowl entirely covered in a fine
greyish-green glaze, the glazed foot with three
spur marks, the interior delicately incised with
three long-tailed birds in mutual pursuit.
18.3cm (7 1/8in) diam.

£500 - 700
CNY4,800 - 6,800
HK$5,900 - 8,200

Provenance
Purchased from Bluett and Sons on 25th
August 1960 for £95 (facsimile of receipt and
label)
F.O.S. & M. Dobell Collection no. 39 (label)