25 septembre 2019
A carved and reticulated celadon-glazed 'Longquan' garden seat, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 782. A carved and reticulated celadon-glazed 'Longquan' garden seat, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 14 1/2 in., 37 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
of barrel-form, with a narrow base and a slightly domed top, the sides carved and pierced with two frolicking Buddhist lions divided by two sprays of palmette leaves, each lion with a brocade ball amidst cloud wisps, between bands of stylized flowerheads and two rows of raised floriform bosses, the top incised with a square diaper ground, the sides incised with a peony scroll, all under a pale jade green glaze pooling in the recesses.
Provenance: Washington D.C. Private Collection.
Note: Compare two pairs of garden seats of this design sold in these rooms: the first sold 25th October 1975, lot 166, and again June 18th 1980, lot 363, the second sold 11th May 1978, lot 169. See also a related example in wucai enamels published in John Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics: Ming Porcelains, and Other Wares, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. A 238.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019
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