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10 mars 2012

A rare massive 'Longquan' celadon Charger. Ming Dynasty, Hongwu-Yongle period

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A rare massive 'Longquan' celadon Charger. Ming Dynasty, Hongwu-Yongle periodPhoto Sotheby"s

of foliate shape, the heavily potted fluted sides rising from a sturdy ring foot to the everted racket rim, the interior carved with a large peony flower issuing from leafy stems, the cavetto with Indian lotus sprigs below foliate meander around the rim, the exterior with a band of joined lotus petals, all under a thick and lustrous celadon glaze, the firing ring on the underside oxidized to orange. Diameter 24 3/4 in., 62.8 cm. Estimate 100,000-120,000 USD

NOTE: The present charger is impressive for its spectacular large size and the finely rendered design of a leafy peony branch that is delicately enclosed within bands of scrolling flowers. It belongs to a group of high-quality Longquan celadon wares produced in the late 14th to early 15th centuries that were characterized by their bold carved designs that are comparable with the blue and white porcelain contemporary to their time. During the early Ming dynasty, the Longquan kilns appear to have worked closely with the imperial porcelain kilns at Jingdezhen, thus making wares of similar form, decoration and quality.

Compare a charger of similar large size and form, but decorated with a flower head surrounded by a lotus meander on the interior and with the bajixiang at the well, published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, vol. 1, pl. 245; one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th October 2007, lot 1519; another formerly from the Edward T. Chow and T.Y. Chao collections, sold in our London rooms, 16th December 1980, lot 329, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 219; and a fourth example sold at Christie's New York, 20th September 2005, lot 244. For an undecorated charger of this form and size see one illustrated in Chinese Ceramics from the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 595.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 20 Mar 2012  www.sothebys.com

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