Lot 1530. A Longquan celadon carved bowl, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th century, 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 23,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016

The bowl is well potted with deep, rounded conical sides crisply carved on the exterior with a broad band of petals rising from the foot, and is covered overall with a luminous glaze of rich sea-green color, including the interior of the foot and base, box.

Provenance: Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong.
Zetterquist Galleries, New York, 2002.
Walter Bareiss, Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired in 2002.

Exhibited: New York, Zetterquist Galleries, Chinese Ceramics: Tang - Ming Dynasties, March 2009.

Note: As well as having a domestic purpose, bowls of this type were made for export, as evidenced by examples recovered from a shipwreck off the Korean coast, "probably on its way to Japan, on or shortly after AD 1323," and illustrated in Relics Salvaged from the Seabed off Sinan, Materials I, Seoul, 1985, pl. 15 top and bottom.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art part II, 17 - 18 March 2016, New York