A Chinese Longquan celadon-glazed 'twin-fish'dish

Late Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Modelled with deep rounded sides and flat everted rim, the exterior carved with a band of petals, the interior decorated with two moulded fish, covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for the foot rim.
Diam. 21.2 cm

Provenance:
- Auction Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 452
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam

Compare:
- M. Tregear, La Céramique Song, Fribourg 1982, p. 180, fig. 245
- R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. I, London 1994, no. 559, p. 299
- [exhib.cat.] Ice and Green Clouds. Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis 1987, no. 77, p. 190