Delicately potted with gracefully flaring sides rising from a short, unglazed foot, the bowl is finely carved to the exterior with lotus petals radiating from the base. The interior left undecorated to display the luminous sea-green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the recesses.
A Longquan ‘lotus’ bowl (Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century)
Description
Dimensions: 17cm diameter, 6.9cm high
Provenance: a private London collection
Delicately potted with gracefully flaring sides rising from a short, unglazed foot, the bowl is finely carved to the exterior with lotus petals radiating from the base. The interior left undecorated to display the luminous sea-green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the recesses.
A similar example can be found in the collection of the British Museum, part of the Sir Percival David Foundation Collection of Chinese Art, PDF 230. Compare another bowl at Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 June 2024, lot 3185.
