明早期 龍泉窰青釉纏枝蓮紋菱口盌

robustly potted, the deep rounded sides and rim divided into nine bracket foliations, all supported on a tapered circular foot, impressed to the interior with an open flower within a petal-lobed medallion, surrounded by lotus and lingzhi sprays at the well, with an incised double-line border at the rim, the exterior similarly carved with scrolling lotus beneath a wide diaper band, all under an attractive green glaze pooling in the recesses, the unglazed firing ring on the underside oxidized to a rusty orange tone, Japanese wood box (2)

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In excellent condition. Two old chips to the foot ring revealing orange body, measuring 24mm and 14mm. Three of the tips of the barbed rim with minute (1mm) glake flakes. Several minor characteristic firing imperfections, including a 5mm glaze pull to the interior, a 2mm burst air bubble beneath the rim and two glaze pulls to exterior.
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Compare a bowl of this type, with fruit and flower sprays to the interior, and lotus to sides, in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated in John Ayers, ed., Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. I, pl. 493; and two bowls of this type, with differing carved floral designs, in the National Palace Museum, included in the exhibition Green. Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2011, cat. nos 28 and 29.