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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN-FISH' DISH
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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN-FISH' DISH

已結束2007年11月27日

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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN-FISH' DISH
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

The dish potted with rounded sides rising to a flat everted mouth rim, decorated on the interior with a pair of scaly fish swimming in opposite directions moulded in high relief, the exterior moulded with lotus petals radiating upward from the unglazed foot, covered overall in a glaze of sea-green tone draining at the rim and moulded decoration
8 7/8 in. (22.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1970's
The Maeda family collection, by repute

專家說明

For a discussion on this 'twin-fish' motif as an auspicious symbol of harmonious marriage and good fortune, see S. Pierson, Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics, London, 2001, p. 19, where a smaller Longquan dish (15.1 cm. diam.) from the Percival David Foundation is illustrated, op. cit., no. 11; also, Cf. two closely related examples, the first from the Cunliffe collection, sold at Bonhams, 11 November 2002, lot 61: and another dish dated to the Yuan dynasty with crackled glaze, formerly from the George de Menasce collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 62, no. 39.