A Longquan celadon dish – Yuan Dynasty
This dish is potted with shallow rounded sides rising to a flat everted rim. It is totally covered in an olive-green glaze except for the footring.
Period: Yuan Dynasty, 13th Century
Size: Diameter 21.3 cm, height 5 cm
Condition: wear and minor firing flaws, small chips to the footring, a small repair to the rim with an associated hairline crack (see pictures)
Provenance: From a private Swedish collection
SKU: 118
References: See shards illustrated by the Palace Museum in The specimens of ancient Chinese kilns in the collection of the Palace Museum – Zhejiang Volume, Feng Xiaoqi, 2014, plates 1459,1460.
Dish discovered in the contents of a shipwreck found near Dalian island, illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China – Fujian, Zhang Bai, Beijing 2007, plate 146.
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