SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

A nearly identical Longquan bowl, recovered from the Sinan wreck off the coast of Korea, was included in the Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off the Sinan Coast, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 1977, col. pl. 8. Other examples include the bowl in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by M. Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares, London, 1977, pl. IV, no. 34; another illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 55, no. 114; one illustrated by R. Mowry in Peace and Quietude – Song Ceramics from the Qingjingtang Collection, Lisbon, 2015, p. 267, no. 132; and another from the Lord Cunliffe Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 30 March 2005, lot 316.