A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED BRACKET-LOBED DISH

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED BRACKET-LOBED DISH
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Heavily potted, the interior carved in the center with a lotus spray within a narrow foliate diaper border and lotus meander in the fluted well, all below a rope-like band on the everted bracket-lobed rim, with further lotus meander on the exterior, covered overall with a glaze of olive-green tone except for an unglazed ring on the base which has burnt orange in the firing
18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

For related bracket-lobed dishes carved in the center with lotus sprays see R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pp. 314-5, nos. 292-7, especially no. 294, which has a similar rope-like band on the everted rim.

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