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Lot Essay
The shallow charger with convex center well carved with a large tree peony amidst leafy branches on a combed ground, covered overall with a glaze of sea-green tone except for a wide unglazed ring on the base which has burnt orange in the firing.
A similar, though smaller (33 cm. diam.) dish with everted rim, also carved with a peony scroll and enclosing a spray of peony in the interior, dated to the 15th century, is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul I - Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, London, 1986, p. 310, no. 272.
A similar, though smaller (33 cm. diam.) dish with everted rim, also carved with a peony scroll and enclosing a spray of peony in the interior, dated to the 15th century, is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul I - Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, London, 1986, p. 310, no. 272.