Asian Art II - 15th November 2016

Lot 338

*A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL MING DYNASTY The U-shaped body moulded to the interior with...

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Description

*A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL

MING DYNASTY

The U-shaped body moulded to the interior with three panels of figures encircling twin fish to the well, all beneath a band of key fret, the exterior with a further band of key fret beneath the rim, 17.4cm.

Provenance: formerly in an American private collection, c.1960.

Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, pp.482-483, nos.16.52 & 16.53.