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Longquan dish of green colour decorated in the centre with a raised double fish, Southern Song dynasty.

Stock Number: 4616

Chinese Longquan small dish of pale green colour decorated in the centre with a raised double fish, Southern Song dynasty, d. 13 cm, 5 1/8 in; 2,5 cm, 2½ in. 9-14112 Bespoke box.    

Illustrated: Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, by A. Varela Santos, 2018/19, cat. 1.

Literature:

Chinese Celadon Wares, by G. Gompertz, London 1958, cat. 83b for a similar dish;

Oriental Ceramic Art, by S.W. Bushell, 1896 New York reprint of 1980, p. 85, fig. 119 for a similar dish;

Chinese Ceramics, by H. Li, London 2011, cat. 355 for a similar dish in dark olive ground dated to the Yuan dynasty;

• The World of Monochromes, Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition in London in 2009 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, cat. 35 for a larger dish;

• Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, by R.L. Hobson, B. Rackham & W. King, London 1931, p. 183, fig. 334 for a similar but larger plate;

Chinesisches Porzellan, by E. Zimmermann, 1923 Leipzig, plate 32 for a similar dish dated from the Song dynasty;

Céramiques Chinoises d’Exportation pour l’Asie du Sud-East, by M. Crick, 2010 Fondation Baur, Genève, p. 112, cat. 29 for a similar plate d. 16,6 cm, and p. 142, cat. 50/51 for two similar plates with 11 and 13 cm in diameter.

中國龍泉淡青釉貼塑雙魚紋小碟,北宋,直徑13釐米,5 1/8英吋;2.5釐米,2½英吋。

圖示:《中國陶瓷及工藝精品》,作者阿.瓦瑞拉.山度士,編號 1。

參考文獻:

•《中国青瓷》,作者G. Gompertz,1958年倫敦出版,參見編號83b一相似瓷碟;

•《東方陶瓷藝術》,作者S.W. Bushell,1896年紐約出版,1980年第2次印刷,參見第85頁, 圖119一相似瓷碟;

•《中國陶瓷》,作者H. Li,2011年倫敦出版,參見編號355一元代深橄欖綠釉瓷碟;

•《單色釉的世界》,2009年倫敦亞非學院東方陶瓷學會展覽,參見編號35一尺寸較大的瓷碟;

•《私人收藏中國陶瓷》,作者R.L. Hobson,B. Rackham及W. King,1931年倫敦出版,見183頁, 圖334一件相似但尺寸較大的瓷盤;

•《中國瓷器》,作者E. Zimmermann,1923年萊比錫出版,見彩圖32一件相似宋代盤;

• 《外銷東南亞的中國陶瓷》作者 M. Crick,2010年鮑爾基金會,日內瓦出版,第112頁編號29 見一類似碟子,直徑16.6厘米;第142編號50/51見兩個類似碟子,直徑分別為11和13厘米。