Lot 12. A Longquan celadon-glazed 'lotus' dish, 15th century. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€8,900 - 13,000). Photo: Bonhams.

Robustly potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior boldly carved with a single lotus spray within a double line medallion, covered overall in a lustrous sea-green glaze, a wide unglazed ring on the base burnt orange-brown. 44cm (17 2/8in) diam. 

Note: Compare with a related Longquan celadon-glazed dish with a very similar design of lotus in the central medallion, 15th/16th century, which was sold at Sotheby's New York on 15 September 2015, lot 4.

Lot 4. A large Longquan celadon-glazed 'lotus' dish, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. Estimate 12,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD at Sotheby's New York on 15 September 2015. Photo: Sotheby's

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. Diameter 16 1/2  in., 41.2 cm

Provenance: 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.

Property from the collection of John F. Lewis Jr. 

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

Note: 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. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 10 november 2016, 10:30 GMT, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET