A large carved longquan celadon 'lotus' dish, Song/Ming dynasty.
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The heavily-potted curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted lipped rim, the interior freely carved with a fine lotus medallion and encircled in the well by leafy scrolling lotus, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze, the base with an unglazed ring burnt orange in the firing. Diameter 40.5 cm.
Repair to rim, small crack by footrim.
Provenance
Label from the Collection of Oscar Björck, nr 25.
Sold at Bukowskis, March 12 1930, The Chinese Collection of Oscar Björck, lot no 40. Depicted on pl no 11. Purchased according to Bukowskis records by Mr Hultmark.
From the Collection of Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), Stockholm, thence by descent within the family until now.
Dr Emil Hultmark was an art historian, collector, donor and patron of the arts. He combined important work as an art historian not only with the creation of one of the largest and most remarkable private art collections in Sweden, but also with the construction of an archive of Swedish artists and art craftsmen unparalleled in its extent, together with a library containing almost all that has been written about Swedish art.
Emil Hultmark was one of the co-founders of the ‘Kinaklubben’ (China Club) in Stockholm in the 1920's with Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. He is a well known collector and his beautiful home and summer house is well documented in the magazine 'Svenska Hem i ord och bild' in the 1930's, which provide us with a fascinating window into this golden age of European collecting.
Exhibitions
German label to the base with an old catalogue description.
Exhibited at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1928. Lot no 191. Lent by Professor Oscar Björck.
Exhibited at Svenska Allmänna Konstföreningen, Emil Hultmarks Samling, Stockholm 1942. Lot no 340.