MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED CHARGER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Heavily potted with rounded sides, the interior carved in the center with trellis diaper below a band of peony scroll in the well, the four flowers alternately shown from the side and from above, covered overall with a glaze of olive-green tone except for a wide unglazed ring on the base which has burnt orange in the firing
19¼ in. (49 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Chargers of this type and approximate size, all dated to the 15th century, are illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pp. 328-9, nos. 353-6 and 359.

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