A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON TRIPOD BULB BOWL MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

heavily potted and raised on three mask-and-paw feet, the shallow rounded sides carved with the 'Eight Trigrams', between bands of applied florets encircling the incurved rim and base, covered with a sea-green glaze falling short of the barbed-rim diaper medallion impressed on the interior and the raised beveled disc on the base,  both burnt orange in the firing

Collection of Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Eckhardt, acquired in Japan between 1947-1952 while Dr. Eckhardt was serving as a surgeon in the United States Army and thence by descent.

Some typical wear and minor scratching to the glaze on the rim edge and interior, otherwise in good condition.
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