A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH
15TH CENTURY
The dish with shallow sides and an everted barbed rim, the well carved with a floral-scroll, the centre with diaper-pattern within a foliate cartouche, the exterior fluted, all under a green glaze except for a ring within the base, restored rim chip and associated crack
18 5/8in. (47.3cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Cf. similar dishes illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. I, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, nos. 346 and 347.
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