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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON SHRINE
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON SHRINE
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The thick-walled shrine of ovoid shape is raised on a domed base and has an hexagonal 'tile' roof surmounted by a double-gourd rising from a lotus. An opening cut into one side has a protruding shelf at the bottom, an overhang with applied scroll decoration above, and a loop to one side to fasten a door. The whole is covered with a glaze of sea-green color.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The thick-walled shrine of ovoid shape is raised on a domed base and has an hexagonal 'tile' roof surmounted by a double-gourd rising from a lotus. An opening cut into one side has a protruding shelf at the bottom, an overhang with applied scroll decoration above, and a loop to one side to fasten a door. The whole is covered with a glaze of sea-green color.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York.
Literature
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., Buddhist Sculpture: Design and Influence, New York, 1992, no. 35.
Exhibited
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York, Buddhist Sculpture: Design and Influence, 3 - 17 June 1992.