A CARVED AND MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL

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A CARVED AND MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL
EARLY MING DYNASTY

Of deep rounded sides, the exterior well carved with a broad band of floral meander, repeated on the interior encircling a moulded floral medallion, a band of key-fret around the foot, covered overall in a bubble-suffused olive-green glaze, the base with a ring exposing the biscuit burnt orange in the firing (foot polished, small rim chip)--8 5/8 in. (22cm.) diam.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Rafi Mottahedeh

Lot Essay

Cf. a related celadon carved bowl with lotus sprays and scrolls, sold in these Rooms, 8 October 1990, lot 410

A early Ming blue and white example of this pattern with a Xuande reign mark is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol. I, pl. 21

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