A FINE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

Details

A FINE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is moulded to the exterior with a band of slender lotus petals, emanating from the foot. It is covered in a glaze of soft bluish sea-green tone, pooling in the crevices of the decoration and stopping neatly at the foot.

5 1/4 in . (13.1 cm.) diam., inscribed Japanese double wood boxes

Provenance

Collection of Umegami Songyu (1881-1945), Kyoto

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Lot Essay

The Japanese wood box accompanying this tea bowl is inscribed with the signature Seian, which is the studio name of Umegami, Songyu (1881-1945), a renowned Buddhist monk as well as a tea master based in the Honganji Temple in Kyoto.

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