A GOOD CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON 'PEONY' DISH

£1,000 - £2,000 £2,520

A GOOD CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON 'PEONY' DISH
LATE YUAN DYNASTY

With deep sides and a grooved rim, the centre decorated with an impressed design of a leafy peony spray, enclosed by a band of combed radial strokes, the cavetto freely carved with a wide band of scrolls, the base with an unglazed ring in burnt orange, 35.5cm.

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa; purchased from Gallery Medici, South Africa on 14th November 1984, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. R Krahl and J Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.1, p.265, nos.103 and 105 for two closely related examples of this design.

元晚期龍泉青釉牡丹紋折沿大盤
來源：南非Mark及Elizabeth Harding 收藏，1984年11月14日購於南非 Medici 藝廊 (附發票複印件)。