A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' DISH
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 11-16 INCLUSIVE)
A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' DISH

EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

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A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY
The dish is decorated to the centre with a moulded appliqué dragon chasing the flaming pearl surrounded by a carved stylised foliage band at the cavetto. The moulded fluted exterior is carved with a lotus petal band. The dish is covered overall with a sea-green glaze which highlights the raised and carved design, the base has an unglazed ring which has fired orange.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare to a charger with the same motif and facing in the opposite direction in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collection, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 132; and another in the collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. 1, Istanbul, p. 256, no. 62.

Chargers similar to the current lot have been sold at auction, including a slightly smaller (35.7 cm.) one with a dragon facing the opposite direction sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3005, and a slightly larger dish (36.4 cm.) at Christie's South Kensington, 4 November 2014, lot 237.

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