A LONGQUAN CELADON BRACKET-LOBED DISH

THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY

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A LONGQUAN CELADON BRACKET-LOBED DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY

The centre boldly incised with two lotus sprays and surrounded by a well of moulded panels each incised with a lotus spray, the reverse with a freely incised lotus scroll, all under a thick bubble-suffused olive-green glaze--18in. (42.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A comparable dish but with a single lotus spray in the centre is illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.I, cat. no.297; dishes with a single lotus spray in the centre surrounded by radiating lotus sprays in the well are illustrated by Rogan, Antiques in Australia from Private Collections, pl. 68

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