ID 718628
Lot 1030 | AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE LONGQUAN GUAN-TYPE MALLOW-FORM DISH
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The dish with a concave, shallow center is potted with wide everted mouth rim in the form of a mallow flower, and is covered overall in a rich greyish-blue glaze suffused with a network of dense icy crackles.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
Literature
Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 22.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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