A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL AND A TWIN FISH DISH

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A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL AND A TWIN FISH DISH
SONG DYNASTY
The bowl in conical form covered overall with a celadon glaze of sea-green tone, the footring left unglazed, 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam., box; the dish carved in the centre with two fishes below the rounded well and flat, everted rim, the exterior with petals radiating from the base, covered overall with a glaze of pale celadon tone
5 1/8 in. (13.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Dishes of this type are illustrated by Mino and tsiang, Ice and green Clouds, Traditions of Chinee Celadon, Catalogue, p. 190, no. 77, and by Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares#i, 1977, pl. V, no. 53.

Compare with similar dishes, one sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 904; and another sold in our New York Rooms, 2 December 1985, lot 168.

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