AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED RIM BOWL

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AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED RIM BOWL
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

The deep flutted sides rising to a barbed rim, the interior carved with lotus scroll below a classic border at the rim, the exterior with a freely incised mountainous landscape scene, below a diaper border at the rim, covered overall in a celadon-green glaze of olive tone, save for the unglazed circle to the base burnt orange in the firing, wear to interior and rim
8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) diam., elaborate wood stand, fitted wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

Lot Essay

It is extremely rare to find Longquan celadon bowls of this form and design. However, a closely related bowl was included in the exhibition Early Chinese Ceramics, An American Private Collection, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March-April, 2005, no. 56

Compare also with another bowl with a carved landscape in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Longquan Qingci, Beijing, 1966, pl. 59, and to the smaller bowl included in Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997, p. 45, no. 274.

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