A Longquan Southern celadon dish, Ming dynasty. Photo courtesy Uppsala Auktion.

With barbed rim, decorated with incised flower sprays and pomegranate, all but parts of the foot covered in a thick celadon glaze. Diameter: 33.5 cm. Estimate: SEK 15.000 - 20.000 (EUR 1.700 - 2.200). Hammer price: SEK 21.000

Provenance: Ambassador Jan van den Berg. He was stationed in China from the 1920´s until 1949, thence by descent.

Uppsala Auktion, 13 june 2014. www.uppsalaauktion.se