A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED AND MOULDED 'DRAGON' DISH

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED AND MOULDED 'DRAGON' DISH
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The dish is heavily potted with gently rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flat everted rim, and sprig-moulded on the centre of the interior with a writhing scaly dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, encircled by a band of freely carved foliage scroll around the cavetto. The exterior is carved and moulded with petal lappets radiating from the foot. The dish is covered overall with an olive-green glaze with the exception of the foot.
14 1/4 in. (36.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

Compare the present dish to two almost identical examples, one in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istabul, vol. I, p. 256, no. 62, the other in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collection, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 132.

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