SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY

Longquan celadon basins of this form and size are very rare. No other example of this large size with lobed sides appears to have been published, however smaller examples exist. A similar Longquan celadon dish, described as a “sugarcane-sectioned washer,” 4 ½ in. (11.4 cm) in diameter, is illustrated by Zhang (ed.), Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji - 6 - Shandong (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 6, Shandong, Beijing, 2008, p. 179. Another smaller Longquan celadon dish, 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) in diameter, discovered in the Sinan shipwreck, is illustrated in Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics Found off Sinan Coast, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 1977, fig. 132.