A Longquan celadon carved dish – Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Of deep form, the center is moulded with a flowering peony, surrounded by a carved/combed wave pattern. The cavetto is freely carved with foliate motifs. The underside is plain. The dish is totally covered in a sea-green glaze save for a ring on the base fired orange.
Period: Yuan - Ming dynasty 14th-15th century
Size: Diameter 34.7 cm
Condition: wear and firing flaws, slightly warped in firing, footring with chip
Provenance: European collection, from Benjamin Stein Oriental Art
SKU: 195
Published: LONGQUAN CELADONS, Benjamin J. Stein Oriental Art, Amsterdam, 1982, plate 62
References: See related dish with a different wave design in the Palace Museum illustrated in “Porcelains of Yuan Dynasty Collected by the Palace Museum I, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016, Plate 124.
See also dish illustrated in Longquan porcelain in the collection of Guangzhou Museum, Guangdong People´s Publishing House, 2022, plate 55.
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