A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED 'TWIN-FISH' BOWL SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, carved around the exterior with overlapping lotus leaves and moulded to the interior in high relief with a pair of fish, covered overall in a bluish-green celadon glaze, 13cm., 5 1/8 in; together with two celadon-glazed dishes

F. Low-Beer & Co., New York (fish bowl).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 126, 128 and 129.

The twin fish bowl: This has a 4cm long repair to the rim. There is also wear to the glaze to the interior and a 4cm rouned crack running down the well. The fluted well bowl: There is numerous glaze cracks, but generally good condition. The plain bowl with fluted exterior: There is some wear and black stippled staining to the glaze to ther interior.There is five pinholes to the glaze to the exterior foot.
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