A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘TWIN FISH’ DISH, SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY

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A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘TWIN FISH’ DISH, SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY China, 13th-14th century. The exterior of the deep rounded sides carved with a band of petals rising from the foot to the flat everted rim. The interior decorated in the center with two molded fish, covered overall with a glaze of sea-green tone except for the foot. One fish reveals the buff ware burnt reddish-brown in the firing underneath the glaze. Dimensions: Diameter 13.6 cm (at the widest points) Paired fish symbolize fertility and connubial bliss, and they are also one of the Eight Buddhist symbols. Dishes of this type, known as ‘twin fish’ dishes, were popular products of the Longquan kilns during the late Southern Song to early Ming period. Literature comparison: Similar Longquan celadon ‘twin fish’ dishes were recovered from the cargo of a trading vessel that sank off the coast of Sinan, South Korea, in the 1320s, and were included in the Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off the Sinan Coast, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 1977, pl. 28. Other examples are in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Lung-chu'n Ware, Ko Ware and other Wares, Taipei, 1974, pl. 26, and in the Percival David Foundation, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares, rev. ed., London, 1997, p. 27, no. 265. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related dish at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 30 March 2005, lot 318, sold for USD 11,400.

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