Lot 6. A Longquan celadon-glazed barbed rim bowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 6,555 - USD 10,488). Price realised GBP 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The heavily potted bowl is decorated to the interior with a carved roundel enclosing a leafy lotus spray. The interior and exterior of the moulded ribbed walls are carved with upright lotus sprays. The bowl is covered overall with a rich celadon-green glaze save for an unglazed ring to the base which has fired orange.

Note: Compare a similar bowl carved with lotus sprays on the interior and exterior included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Government Exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art London, vol. II, Shanghai, 1948, p. 100, and another bowl in the Topkapi Saray Museum with fruit and flower sprays on the interior and lotus sprays on the exterior illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, 1986, p. 360, no. 493.

A small number of bowls similar to the present lot have been sold at Christie's Hong Kong, including on: 30 May 2005, lot 1445; 30 May 2006, lot 1337; and 30 November 2011, lot 3019.  

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 7 November 2017, London