Barrels Longquan-goods.Mingdynasty.

BARRELS. Around, deep with carved decor, inside the bottom in the form of an indistinct flower-like ornate. The glaze green (celadone coloured), with coarse cracking and covering outside and inside, the bottom outside unglazed. The icing with blots in the form of stains and stripes. The estate is steep-gray, heavy, visible under the bottom, there, as well as ground and with reddish spots. Compare: Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, (The British Museum Press, 2001), no.16.77, p.492 Gift for Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, Christmas Eve 1913, from Ebba von Eckermann. Purchased by her at Bukowski’s art trade. Plate, Ming-dynasty, Longquan ware, circa 1550-1620. See: Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum