Lot 150
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LONGQUAN CELADON TABLE SCREEN
MING DYNASTY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Description
明 龍泉青釉麒麟望月插屏
of rectangular form and supported on two bracket feet, one side of the screen decorated with a qilin looking at the moon, the other side incised with two fishing boats in a landscape beneath two moulded character 'Li Yi' (Rites and Justice), covered with a thick layer of bluish-green glaze, with a wooden box
Dimensions
24.7cm high
Footnote
Note: a very similar example is in the collection of Tokyo National Museum, see Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, no.531, p.136; another example dated to 1492 with an inscription is in the Sir Percival David collection at the British Museum, registration number PDF.275