A fine carved 'Longquan' celadon 'Lotus' dish, Yuan dynasty. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the stoutly-potted curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted lipped rim, the interior freely and well-carved with a lotus medallion and encircled in the well by leafy scrolling lotus leaves below a band of hatched and horizontal lines, covered overall in a lustrous and rich bluish-green glaze, the base with an unglazed ring burnt orange in the firing. Diameter 14 3/8  in., 36.5 cm

Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Anne How.
Christie's London, 19th April 1983, lot 264.
Marion Hammer Collection.
J.J. Lally Ltd., New York.

Propertyof the Alden Collection

Note: Successful examples of Longquan celadon require sound, well- proportioned potting, a strong, balanced and vibrant decoration and for the firing to result in a pleasing, bright yet subtle combination of blue-green. The present dish satisfies all three of these demanding criteria. Three dishes of similar size, date and decoration, but lacking the additional carved band below the rim, are illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, p. 258, nos. 69, 70 and 71.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, New York, 17 mars 2015, 02:00 PM