A large celadon-glazed barbed-rim bowl. Circa 1500

The robustly-potted body with lobed rounded sides rising from a short foot to a barbed rim, finely incised with lotus sprays below a classic scroll at the rim, the interior with further lotus sprays with a lobed medallion at the centre, covered overall in a sea-green glaze except for an unglazed ring on the base burnt russet in the firing. 31.9cm (12½in) diam. Sold for £7,200

Footnote: A slightly smaller bowl with a related scalloped rim in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics. The New Standard Guide, San Francisco, 1996, fig. 353.

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