Song Celadon, Tenrei: Elegance
Longquan Celadon Bubble Bowl
Late Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
High-Fired Stoneware
Zhejiang Province, China
D:9cm x H:4.6cm
The longquan bubble bowl sturdily potted with rounded sides rising from a neat short foot, evenly covered in a soft blueish sea-green glaze, the rim left unglazed possibly for a metal wire to be attached. The footrim also unglazed exposing the burnt orange clay.
• A similar longquan bubble bowl was sold in the Christie’s Hong Kong sale rooms on the 6th December 2022, lot 3198.
Provenance:
– Uragami Sokyu-do, Tokyo, Japan.
– Private Japanese collection