A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON 'IMMORTALS' BOWL MING DYNASTY The body moulded to the interior with a...

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON 'IMMORTALS' BOWL

MING DYNASTY

The body moulded to the interior with a row of the Eight Immortals beneath a band of key fret, the centre moulded with a fu character, the exterior with a further band of key fret beneath the rim, raised on a circular foot, 18cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Robert Bigio (1913-2003).

Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, pp.482-483, no.16:52 and 16:53 for similar bowls, the latter bequeathed by Mrs B Seligman.