AN UNUSUAL BISCUIT-DECORATED LONGQUAN CELADON 'BOYS' BOWL AND RETICULATED STAND MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY elegantly potted, of octagonal form, flaring from an angle to a wide mouth and resting on a tapered circular foot, the centre on the interior moulded with an octagonal medallion with two fish among formal lotus blooms and leaves, the inner walls with quatrefoil begonia-shaped panels depicting cranes in different poses among lotus flowers, and smaller elongated panels with three ruyi motifs above, the exterior crisply moulded with eight further panels reserved in the biscuit, of conforming shape, enclosing boys at play in garden settings, picking or holding flowers, and one seated in a tub, covering eyes and ears while being doused with water, all above simply carved lotus petals and a key-fret border encircling the foot, the bowl thickly applied with a yellowish-green glaze save for the unglazed exterior panels and a ring on the base fired brick red, the reticulated stand of hexagonal form, the flat top with a circular opening resting on a gallery of biscuit-fired openwork panels impressed with chrysanthemum sprays, above a curved pedestal with twelve ruyi-shaped legs joined by a stretcher, similarly glazed overall in a yellowish-green tone save for the panels diameter of the bowl 21 cm., 8 1/4 in.; overall height 15.3 cm., 6 in.
AN UNUSUAL BISCUIT-DECORATED LONGQUAN CELADON 'BOYS' BOWL AND RETICULATED STAND MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY elegantly potted, of octagonal form, flaring from an angle to a wide mouth and resting on a tapered circular foot, the centre on the interior moulded with an octagonal medallion with two fish among formal lotus blooms and leaves, the inner walls with quatrefoil begonia-shaped panels depicting cranes in different poses among lotus flowers, and smaller elongated panels with three ruyi motifs above, the exterior crisply moulded with eight further panels reserved in the biscuit, of conforming shape, enclosing boys at play in garden settings, picking or holding flowers, and one seated in a tub, covering eyes and ears while being doused with water, all above simply carved lotus petals and a key-fret border encircling the foot, the bowl thickly applied with a yellowish-green glaze save for the unglazed exterior panels and a ring on the base fired brick red, the reticulated stand of hexagonal form, the flat top with a circular opening resting on a gallery of biscuit-fired openwork panels impressed with chrysanthemum sprays, above a curved pedestal with twelve ruyi-shaped legs joined by a stretcher, similarly glazed overall in a yellowish-green tone save for the panels diameter of the bowl 21 cm., 8 1/4 in.; overall height 15.3 cm., 6 in.
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg?w=400 "Quelle: Christie's")
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
