A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'lotus' dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 609. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'lotus' dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot Sold 9,375 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
the low, rounded sides rising from a gently tapered foot, the exterior molded with overlapping upright lotus petals, covered overall in an unctuous bluish-green glaze, save for the foot ring burnt orange during firing.
Property from the Collection of Robert Youngman.
Provenance: Walter Hochstadler, New York, January 1940.
Mathias Komor, New York.
Collection of Pauline (1910-2000) and Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992), coll. no. 00206.
Christie's New York, 20th September 2011, lot 120.
Exhibited: Neolithic to Ming, Chinese Objects- The Myron S. Falk Collection, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1957, cat. no. 23.
Inaugural Exhibition of the Robert F. Reiff Gallery of Asian Art, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, September 2005.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 20 march 2019