EARLY MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A VERY LARGE AND RARE LONGQUAN CELADON BRACKET-LOBE RIMMED DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Potted with a broad base and moulded sides conforming to the everted barbed rim, all under a sea-green glaze except for a ring within the base burnt orange in the firing
21¾ in. (55 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Similar dishes are illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.I, cat.no. 245; by Michael Sullivan in Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, pl.103a; and in the Catalogue of The 15th Anniversary of the Idemitsu Museum, 1981, no.873. An example from the E.T.Chow and T.Y.Chao Collections was sold in Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 27. An even larger example from the collection of Frederic Mueller was sold in our New York Rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 168

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