A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED GARDEN SEAT, ZUODUN MING DYNASTY, 14TH / 15TH CENTURY |

of tapering barrel form, the sides boldly carved with four reserves, each enclosing a flowering peony plant growing from leafy scrolling stems on a combed ground, separated vertically by curved bands of diaper pattern, set between two rows of spring-molded florets and further bands of freely incised foliate meander, the slightly domed top with a trellis pattern in imitation of a caned seat, covered overall in a pale sea-green glaze with broad foot ring unglazed and burnt reddish-brown

Sotheby's New York, 11th May 1978, lot 168.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th November 1979, lot 64.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot 649.

Julian Thompson, 'Chinese Celadons', Arts of Asia, November-December 1993, p. 72, fig. 21 left.

There is an approx. 8.5-cm vertical hairline crack to the interior wall and a star-crack to the interior shoulder (length approx. 6 cm). The interior of the top is impressed with a peony blossom motif. The foot and exterior have minor expected wear (including shallow chips to the foot and a few small frits to the glaze) and minor typical firing imperfections (including iron spots, burst bubbles, a few small kiln adhesions).
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