A ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed table screen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Lot 1302. A ‘Longquan’ celadon-glazed table screen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 6 3/4  in., 17.1 cm. Estimate: 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Sold Price: 4,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of rectangular form, the central panel carved to one side with the figure of Kuixing in characteristic dynamic pose with one foot raised and holding a brush aloft, the reverse with birds aflight above flowering lotus, all enclosed within a pierced border set to either side with spandreled upright supports atop a slightly flared, arched base, covered overall with a sea-green glaze.