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30 avril 2018

A rare carved 'Longquan' celadon 'Boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279)

A rare carved 'Lopngquan' celadon 'Boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279)

A rare carved 'Lopngquan' celadon 'Boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279)

Lot 77. A rare carved 'Longquan' celadon 'Boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 19.5 cm, 7 1/2  in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, freely carved and combed to the interior with three boys divided by floral sprays, the exterior carved with spiralling petals, covered overall in an olive-green glaze.

Note: A closely related bowl, from the collections of Kurt M. Simon and Frederick Mayer, was sold at Christie’s London, 24th June 1974, lot 65. Compare also a bowl of this type and freely-incised style, but carved with animals and flowers on the interior, published in Longquan Celadon of China, Hangzhou, 1998, pl. 51; a much smaller version decorated with a stylised lotus brance against a stippled ground, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 139; and a third bowl, of slightly different form and covered in a crackled glaze, with a plain exterior and lotus design to the interior, included in Longquan qingci, Beijing, 1966, pl. 11.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM
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