Lot 707. A Longquan celadon 'Lotus' bowl and cover, Southern Song dynasty (AD 1127-1279); 4 ½ in. (11.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The deep sides are carved on the exterior with overlapping petals and the bowl is covered inside and out below the unglazed rim with an unctuous bluish-green glaze. The cover is similarly carved and glazed, cloth box.

Note: Compare the very similar bowl and cover found in 1991 in Jinyu village of Nanqiong, Suining city, Sichuan province, illustrated in Longquan Celadon: The Sichuan Museum Collection, Macau, 1998, pp. 216-17, no. 88. Also illustrated, pp. 112-15, are five cups of the same shape and design, with matching covers, nos. 99, 86, 84, 85, 87. Another very similar bowl, but without a cover, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was sold at Christie's New York, Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum, 15 September 2016, lot 804.

A Longquan celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279);  4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Sold for USD 118,750 at Christie's New York, Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum, 15 September 2016, lot 804. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016

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