M5405
£7,500
Description
Chinese celadon glazed openwork rectangular-form table screen on integral stand incised with scrolls and petal-shape front, carved with two dragons, one rising from the waves, the other descending from the clouds in a square frame surrounded by seven apertures, the flanged sides incised with scrolls, the reverse plain with two holders for incense, the top edge with chamfered corners, covered overall in an even, rich, celadon glaze, the underside revealing the burnt-red biscuit body from the firing.
Ming dynasty, circa 1500.
Wood box.
6 3/8 inches, 16.1 cm long; 6 3/8 inches, 16.1 cm high.
Condition
Overall good condition, minute frits to back brackets, minute frit to one holder.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From a private Japanese collection.
- Two related table screens in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, one with a relief qilin, the other with a relief figure, both with chamfered corners on the top rail and both with similar side supports, dated to the 5th year of Hongzhi, corresponding to 1492, are illustrated by Margaret Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares, 1977, no. 103 and 104, p. 34, pl. XI.
- Another in the Palace Museum, Beijing with openwork flowers is illustrated by Wangyao and Qionghua in Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalisation, Vol. I, no. 183, pp. 294/5.
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