Lot 26
  • 26

A CELADON BOWL FIVE DYNASTIES/SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • stoneware
the deep flaring sides rising from a short straight foot, covered overall in a greyish-celadon glaze, the footring unglazed revealing the grey body, Japanese wood box

Exhibited

Chūgoku tōji meiho ten [Exhibition of the great works of Chinese ceramics], The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, 1966.

Literature

Gakuji Hasabe, 'On the Celadon Bowl Called Dong Ware', MUSEUM, vol. 426, September 1986, p. 29, pl. 3.

Condition

The bowl is in good condition with the exception of a 2mm., rim flake and the glaze is quite matt, consistent with burial.
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