CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)

Details

PLAT EN PORCELAINE CELADON LONGQUAN
CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)
The centre of the interior is moulded in relief with a scaly, four-clawed dragon, below scrolls carved in the well, and the exterior is carved with stylized chrysanthemum petals. The dish is entirely covered in a celadon glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot ring which has burnt orange in the firing.
14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.) diam.

Provenance

With Oriental Art, Benjamin J. Stein BV, Amsterdam, 16 June 1986.

Further details

A LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED AND MOULDED 'DRAGON' DISH
CHINA, YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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Lot Essay

A celadon dish of similar design is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1979, cover and pls. 128 and 129. See, also, Sougen no bijutsu (The Art of the Song and Yuan dynasties), Osaka Municipal Art Museum, 1978, p. 20, pl. 62.

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