A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON 'LOTUS' DISH MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

with shallow rounded sides and a broad everted rim, the interior boldly carved with a single lotus spray within a double line medallion, the well undecorated, with three gently undulating scrolling-leaf sections encircling the rim, covered with a lustrous semi-transparent sea-green glaze, a wide unglazed ring on the base burnt orange-brown in the firing

Collection of Karl Bacher, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.
Sammlung Karl Bacher, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt, Main, 7th-8th December 1932, lot 709.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 23rd-24th March 1948, lot 402.

Ausstellung chinesischer keramik: Aus Frankfurter und auswärtigem priva-und museumbesitz, Kunst-gewerbe museum, Frankfurt am Main, 1923, cat. no. 245.

In very good condition. A small 3mm glaze flake to the inner rim. The form very slightly warped. Minor firing imperfections, including several small iron spots, glaze pulls and pitting. Characteristic surface wear and scratching to interior.
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Compare a closely related dish in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the exhibition Green. Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2011, cat. no. 36.