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PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION
A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON DISH
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
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A LARGE CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON DISH
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The heavily potted dish with shallow rounded sides is carved on the interior with diaper pattern below a band of floral sprays in the well, and is covered inside and out with a thick glaze of olive-green tone, except for a wide ring on the base which has burnt orange in the firing.
18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) diam.
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The heavily potted dish with shallow rounded sides is carved on the interior with diaper pattern below a band of floral sprays in the well, and is covered inside and out with a thick glaze of olive-green tone, except for a wide ring on the base which has burnt orange in the firing.
18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li (1901-1981) Collection, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
National Museum of Fine Arts, 3,000 anos de Arte Chino (3000 years of Chinese Art), Santiago, Chile, 1968, p. 11.
Exhibited
Santiago, Chile, National Museum of Fine Arts, 3,000 anos de Arte Chino (3000 years of Chinese Art), 3-29 September 1968.
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Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist