A LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN' FISH DISH

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A LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN' FISH DISH
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The crisply potted body carved with petals to the exterior below the everted rim, the centre moulded with a pair of fish, their eyes, fins and scales well defined, the glaze of even tone--8 1/4in. (21cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. a dish of this size in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts with similar moulded fish, illustrated by Mino and Tsiang in Ice and Green Clouds, no. 77, where the authors discuss dishes of this type and compare them to sherds and excavated examples

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