A 'LONGQUAN' CELADON 'TWIN FISH' DISH SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

with shallow rounded sides rising to a broad flat rim, the interior applied with a pair of sprig-molded scaly fish swimming in opposite directions, the exterior carved with lotus petals radiating upwards from the foot, all under a semi-transparent and lustrous sea-green glaze stopping neatly around the foot

Collection of Brodie and Enid Lodge.
Ezekiel Collection.
Christie's London, 3rd November 2009, lot 191.

Exihibition of Celadon Wares, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1947, no. 29.

There is some extensive surface wear and scratches to the glaze on the interior. There are two iron spots and a burst air bubble on the cavetto. Otherwise the dish is in good condition. The actual colour is of a somewhat warmer and deeper blueish-green tone compared to the illustration in the catalogue.
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Compare a similar dish sold in our New York rooms, 16th September 2014, lot 2, from the collection of Gorō Sakamoto.