YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A RARE LARGE MOLDED AND CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON 'DRAGON’ DISH
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The dish is potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, and the center of the interior is decorated in relief with a scaly four-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below scrolls carved in the well. The exterior is carved with chrysanthemum petals and is covered overall with a glaze of sea-green color, an unglazed circle on the base burnt orange in the firing.
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) diam., fitted cloth box

Provenance

Property of a Southeast Asian Gentleman; Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3817.

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical Longquan celadon 'dragon' dish is in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Booker and is illustrated by Southeast Asian Ceramic Society Singapore, Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979, p. 204, pl. 132.

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