A Longquan celadon incense burner, Early Ming Dynasty. Photo Bonhams.

The shallow rounded body supported on tripod feet applied around the unglazed ring, each moulded as a lion paw, the exterior moulded in relief with the Eight Trigrams, flanked above and below by raised bosses, the rich olive-green glaze falling short of the centre of the interior impressed with a barbed medallion of lozenge diaper, 30.5cm diameter. Sold for £4,000 (€5,026)

Provenance: Sotheby's, 17 December 1980, lot 315
The Fiorentini Collection, no.AC45

A similar bowl is illustrated in the Eumorfopoulos Collection catalogue, vol.2, pl. XXXVI, No. B136 and in the Kempe collection Catalogue, No. 157

Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014, Edinburgh - http://www.bonhams.com