Lot 391. A fine and large 'Longquan' celadon barbed-rim dish, Ming dynasty, 15th century; 47cm., 18 1/2 in. Estimate 0,000—50,000 GBP. Lot Sold 109,250 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the robustly-potted body with lobed rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted barbed rim, finely carved to the interior with a medallion enclosing a peony spray, encircled in the well by panels enclosing composite floral and fruiting sprays and repeated on the exterior, covered overall in a thick bluish-green glaze, the base with a ring burnt orange in the firing. 

Provenance: T.T. Tsui Collection

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London