Collection / China
Longquan celadon "twin fish" dish
龍泉青釉印雙魚折沿盤
Stock no. KZ-CN-0011
Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
Diameter 12.6 cm (5 in.)
$5,500
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- Condition
- General surface wear and expected minor firing imperfections. The glaze is slightly degraded with a glaze flake (ca. 0.5 cm long) to the rim. Otherwise, in overall good condition.
- Provenance
- Hartl Gallery, Munich, ca. 1998. A European private collection. Sotheby's Paris, Arts d'Asie, 14 June 2024, lot 44.
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The kilns of Longquan in Zhejiang produced celadons with a thick, jade-like glaze that was exported across Asia and as far as East Africa. Twin fish, moulded in the centre, symbolise abundance and marital harmony.