MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A RARE MASSIVE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED CHARGER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Of unusually large size, the center carved with a flower head encircled by lotus meander, below babao carved in the petal-fluted well, each of the eight 'precious objects' repeated and positioned above a 'lotus base', with foliate scroll carved on the top of the barbed rim and again on the underside above sixteen flower sprays, covered overall with a glaze of deep sea-green color except for a ring on the base burnt orange in the firing
24 3/8 in. (62 cm.) across

拍品專文

Compare a dish of identical size and similar decoration illustrated in Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art: Selections from the Collections of T. T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 40. See, also, two dishes without decoration but of similar size (62.4 and 63.5 cm. diam.), one in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, The 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Tokyo, 1981, p. 205, no. 873; and one sold in these rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 168.