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Compare with a similarly decorated example sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2007, lot 1517.
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A LONGQUAN CELADON ALMS BOWL
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Heavily potted with deep rounded sides supported on a tall foot, mould-impressed on the interior with a continuous scene depicting a meeting between scholars and officials, a banner in the background reading 'Jin Wang' (King of Jin), all below a band of keyfret at the rim and above a central medallion enclosing a turtle, the exterior freely carved with stylised foliate scrolls, covered overall in a thick and lustrous olive green glaze
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Heavily potted with deep rounded sides supported on a tall foot, mould-impressed on the interior with a continuous scene depicting a meeting between scholars and officials, a banner in the background reading 'Jin Wang' (King of Jin), all below a band of keyfret at the rim and above a central medallion enclosing a turtle, the exterior freely carved with stylised foliate scrolls, covered overall in a thick and lustrous olive green glaze
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
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