A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON BULB BOWL

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON BULB BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

Strongly potted with low sides inturned at the mouthrim, supported on three animal-mask feet, crisply moulded on the exterior with leafy flowering lotus scrolls below raised bosses at the mouth, all covered in a sea-green glaze, except for the plugged base and the centre of the interior burnt orange and revealing a moulded design of a peony blossom surrounded by leaves
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

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A similar bowl is illustrated by M. Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, 1963, pl. 97 c. Cf. another version moulded with the Eight Trigrams, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 16:87.

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