A fine and large celadon carved charger - Ming dynasty, 15th century

The broad circular dish finely potted with gently rising sides, deftly carved to the interior with a luxuriant lotus flower borne on scrolling foliage delineated by incised wavy lines, the well carved with a band of dense lotus scroll, the exterior incised with a single line below the rolled mouth rim, the base burnt orange-brown in the firing. 46.5cm (18¼in) diam.- Estimate: £30,000 - 50,000 - Unsold.

Footnote: A similar dish from the Ottoman Court Collection, preserved in the Topkapi Saray Museum, is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue – Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, Volume 1, London, 1986, no. 305.

Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006.  New Bond Street