PLAT EN PORCELAINE EMAILLEE CELADON LONGQUAN

CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)

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PLAT EN PORCELAINE EMAILLEE CELADON LONGQUAN
CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)
De forme circulaire, il est recouvert d'une belle glaçure céladon. Le centre est orné d'un dragon pourchassant la perle sacrée en léger relief. L'aile est incisée de volutes et le revers rehaussé de pétales moulés.
Diamètre: 36,5 cm. (14 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 12 October 1971, lot 171

Further details

A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' DISH
CHINA, YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

Lot Essay

A dish of this type with a very similar dragon applied to the centre is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, cat. no. 62. Another almost identical dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' from the British Museum is illustrated in 'Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections', vol. 5, Catalogue, fig. 132.

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