LONGQUAN CELADON STEM BOWL
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY
12.6 cm diameter, 11.3 cm high
The heavily potted stem bowl rises from a bamboo-shaped high waisted foot to a rounded bowl with a lipped rim. The inside and outside are covered with an unctuous celadon glaze thinning at the rim and the raised borders around the foot. The lower foot and hollow base reveal the orange-burned body.
Under the Mongol rule in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), stem bowls of this type were made, sometimes with a plain foot, including examples excavated from Yuan hoards, such as the one at Sunpingcun, Taishun county in Zhejiang province. The present stem bowl is applied with a very unctuous glaze that compares to large celadon chargers dating to the Hongwu (1368–1398) period of the early Ming dynasty. Three similar stem bowls, dating to the fourteenth century, were exhibited in the National Museum, Singapore, and are illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, 1979, pl. 176, nos. 214-216.
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 15 June 1982, lot 262
Formerly in a Dutch private collection