A Longquan celadon dish


Ming dynasty, 15th centuryThickly molded and incised with a classic scroll along the rim flange, lotus scrolls along the curving walls and a cash-and-trellis diaper roundel across the floor of the well, the lotus scrolls repeated on the exterior walls and an olive green glaze applied to all surfaces except a russet-burnt firing on the recessed base within the foot ring.12 5/8in (32cm) diameter
|For similarly incised dishes of large size ascribed to the fifteenth century, seeRegina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Serai Museum Istanbul (New York, 1981), vol. I, p. 324, no. 336-338.