Lot Essay
Previously sold in London, 7 June 1988, lot 188.
The use of the fish motif appear on basins as early as the Western Jin period on Yue ware; its popularity, revived in Song celadons, continued well into the Yuan dynasty where it is also found in underglaze-blue wares.
For examples of dishes moulded with fish in the interior, see Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, cat. nos. 64-66.
(US$30,000-40,000)
The use of the fish motif appear on basins as early as the Western Jin period on Yue ware; its popularity, revived in Song celadons, continued well into the Yuan dynasty where it is also found in underglaze-blue wares.
For examples of dishes moulded with fish in the interior, see Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, cat. nos. 64-66.
(US$30,000-40,000)