Lot 34 元 龍泉窰青釉素雲鶴紋盤

元 龍泉窰青釉素雲鶴紋盤

GBP 15,000

15,000 - 30,000 GBP

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The dish is in excellent condition with a rich unctuous glaze. Minimal surface wear and a minute knock to one of the lobes at the rim.

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Diameter 13.3 cm, 5¼ in.
来源：日本私人收藏，得於1980年代
紐約佳士得，2015年9月17至18日，編號2348
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说明：This rare dish is distinguished by its subtle bluish celadon glaze, characteristic of the finest Longquan wares, its soft tone providing a striking contrast to the crisp biscuit decoration. Delicately moulded in a chrysanthemum foliate form, the interior is applied with two cranes in flight alternating with scrolling clouds, the sprig-moulded motifs left unglazed to fire to a warm tone, beautifully accentuating the delicate design. Compared with the restraint and clarity of form characteristic of earlier Longquan wares, the use of biscuit appliqué during the Yuan dynasty introduced a more expressive aesthetic.
Very few dishes of this design appear to be known. A similar dish, with the same biscuit decoration but larger in size, is preserved in the Art Institute of Chicago (accession no. 1941.597), exhibited in Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, 1986, cat. no. 85; another example formerly in the collection of John Platt-Warren E. Cox, and subsequently in the Boston Museum, is illustrated in Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol. I, New York, 1944, fig. 310. For related dishes, compare another example in the Art Institute of Chicago decorated with two phoenixes encircling a jewel, (accession no. 2013.271); and a further dish decorated with two phoenixes alternating with two butterflies, formerly in the Avery Brundage Collection, now preserved in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated in Sherman E. Lee and Wai-Kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1968, cat. no. 75.