A Longquan Celadon Petal-Carved Shallow Bowl

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY

Details

A Longquan Celadon Petal-Carved Shallow Bowl
Southern Song dynasty, 13th century
The shallow rounded sides carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of overlapping lotus petals rising from the neat, slightly tapering foot ring, covered inside and out with a glaze of soft blue-green tone
6 7/16in. (16.3cm.) diam., box and stand
Falk Collection no. 206.

Provenance

Walter Hochstadter, New York, January 1940.

Exhibited

Neolithic to Ming, Chinese Objects - The Myron S. Falk Collection, Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, 1957, no. 23.

Lot Essay

This shallow dish combines all of the elements of the best of Longquan celadon wares of Southern Song date. It has a pale grey body, is well potted and well proportioned and the carving of the lotus petals is softened by the thick, smooth glaze of soft, rich blue-green tone. A very similar dish is illustrated in Newly Discovered Southern Song Ceramics, A Thirteenth-Century "Time Capsule", Japan, Asahi Shimbun, 1998, pl. 44.

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