YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

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A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED AND MOLDED DISH
YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY
The center molded with a scaly dragon leaping within a circular border below foliate scroll carved in the well, the exterior of the rounded sides carved with a frieze of petals rising to the everted rim, covered overall with a soft sea-green glaze thinning on the raised areas and edges, the countersunk base similarly glazed
13¾ in. (35 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam.
Ray Thompson Collection.

Lot Essay

A celadon dish of similar design is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, cover and pls. 128 and 129. See, also, Sougen no bijutsu (The Art of the Song and Yuan dynasties), Osaka Municipal Art Museum, 1978, p. 20, pl. 62. Other celadon dishes of this design are illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pp. 255-6, nos. 58-62.
Compare, also, the dish of similar design sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 209.

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