EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

Compare the closely related barbed Longquan celadon dish of similar size illustrated by J. Ayers and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. I, London, 1986, no. 245. Other larger examples are illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 11, Tokyo, 1961, fig. 254; Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, p. 175, no. 519; and in the collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, illustrated by M. Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades, London, 1963, pl. 103a. A similar example, formerly from The Edward T. Chow Collection, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1980, lot 328; and another in our Hong Kong rooms, 29-30 April 2001, lot 650.