Lot 88
88
A LONGQUAN CELADON TWIN-FISH DISH

Details
A LONGQUAN CELADON TWIN-FISH DISH
YUAN DYNASTY

The deep rounded sides rising to a flared, everted rim, incised on the exterior with a ring of pointed petals, the interior applied with a pair of molded fish left in the biscuit and fired to a reddish-brown, all under a vitreous bluish-green glaze thinning at the rim to reveal the pinkish-buff body--5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) diam., box
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 59

Lot Essay

The motif of paired fish, a symbol of connubial bliss, was especially popular in Southern China during the 11th-13th centuries. Compare the bowl of larger size (7 3/4 inches) where the fish have also been left in the biscuit illustrated by Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, New York, 1985, no. 38