MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A RARE FINELY CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON DISH
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The shallow dish is carved in the center with a leafy flower spray bearing a large central blossom within a double-line border below a dense band of similar flower scroll on the sides and a classic scroll border at the slightly out-curved rim. A further band of flower scroll encircles the exterior above a band of key fret on the tapered foot. The dish is covered overall with a glaze of olive-green color that continues over the foot onto the base which has an unglazed ring burnt orange in the firing.
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam., metal stand

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 21 May 1979, lot 29.
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, July 1979.
George S. Heyer, Jr. (1930-2015) Collection.

Lot Essay

A similar saucer dish is illustrated by M. Sullivan in Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and jades in the collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 99a, and another was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2009, lot 364.

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