Lot 38. A 'Longquan ' celadon carved and fiscuit-decorated dish, Yuan dynasty. Diameter 13 1/4 in., 33.6 cm. Estimate 5,000-7,000 USD. Lot sold 6,875 USD. Photo Sotheby"s

the interior carved with a floral medallion below a foliate scroll decorating the well, the everted rim applied with eight prunus blossoms reserved in the biscuit and fired burntorange against the pale olive-green glaze continuing onto the exterior and over the foot ring, leaving an unglazed burnt-orange ring on the base. 

PROVENANCE: Acquired in Cuba in 1965, and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 20 Mar 2012