Description
A CARVED LONGQUAN ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, MING DYNASTY
China, 15th-16th century. Of deep form rising from a short foot carved with a key fret band, the steep sides carved around the exterior with a continuous band of lotus blooms amid their vines and leaves.
Provenance: Private Scottish collection. By repute in the same family since the earlier 20th century.
Condition: Good condition with some wear and minor surface scratches, mostly to the well.
Weight: 2,211 g
Dimensions: Diameter 27.5 cm
The inside carved with a further dense scrolling lotus band around a large central medallion with an incised diaper pattern, covered overall with a deep olive-green glaze, thinning on the ridges and pooling in the recesses, reserved inside the foot rim with a single band revealing the body underneath burnt a pale orange-red in the firing.
With a finely carved openwork hardwood base standing on five feet and with ribbed decorations, dating from the midto late Qing dynasty. (2)
龍泉窯青瓷蓮紋碗,明代
中國,十五至十六世紀。短圈足,深碗,暗刻花卉紋。
來源:蘇格蘭私人收藏,據説從二十世紀初保存在同一家族至今。
品相:品相良好,一些磨損和輕微表面劃痕,大多在碗内。
重量:2,211 克
尺寸:直徑27.5 厘米