HONGWU PERIOD (1368-1398)

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A CARVED AND MOULDED LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED-RIM CUP STAND

HONGWU PERIOD (1368-1398)
The interior is carved in the centre with a chrysanthemum spray surrounded by a raised ring incised with mini lappets, and a ring of lotus scroll and foliate band at rim. The stand is covered overall with an even glaze of pale sea-green tone with the exception of the unglazed circle on the slightly convex base.

7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 December 1976, lot 84
Anthony Carter, London, 1998

Exhibited

The Seattle Art Museum, 2009-2017

Sale room notice

Please note, the provenance of this lot should read as:
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 December 1976, lot 84
Anthony Carter, London, 1998

請注意，本拍品之來源更正為：
倫敦蘇富比，1976年12月14日，拍品84號
Anthony Carter, 倫敦，1998年

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Lot Essay

Compare to a similar cup stand in the British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Ming Ceramics, p. 486, pl. 16.62, and closely related blue and white and copper-red examples from Jingdezhen, such as a blue and white stand recovered from the Hongwu stratum, Dongmentou, Zhushan, illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, pp. 100-1, no. 17, and a copper-red stand also from the Hongwu period in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze-Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2000, p. 243, pl. 224.

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