A RARE LONGQUAN CARVED CELADON 'FLORAL' BOWL EARLY MING DYNASTY | 明初 龍泉青釉刻四季花卉紋盌
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 500,000 HKD
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A RARE LONGQUAN CARVED CELADON 'FLORAL' BOWL
EARLY MING DYNASTY
明初 龍泉青釉刻四季花卉紋盌
the exterior well carved with floral blooms, including lotus, chrysanthemum and peony amidst dense foliage, the interior similarly decorated with a hibiscus bloom in the centre issuing from rockwork, Edo period wood box
20.3 cm, 8 in.
Collection of Tenryū-ji Temple (Sky Dragon Temple), Kyoto.
A Kansai family collection.
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A bowl of similar form and design, illustrated by Julian Thompson, 'Chinese Celadons, the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia', Arts of Asia, November-December 1993, fig. 18, was sold in these rooms, 5th November 1996, lot 634. Compare also a bowl in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 604, and another from the Dawentang collection, illustrated by Peter Lam, Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Hong Kong, 2019, cat. no. 24.