Lot 143. A 'Longquan' celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 10 5/8 in., 27 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 5,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the flaring fluted sides rising to an everted barbed rim, supported on a short tapering foot, the center molded with a lozenge diaper and the cavetto with a band of lotus scroll, covered with a sea-green glaze pooling in depressions to highlight the design and thinning at the edges.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012