Plat octogonal en porcelaine émaillée céladon, Chine, Dynastie Yuan-Ming, XIIIème-XIVème siècle. Estimate €3,000 – €5,000 ($3,342 - $5,570). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The heavily-potted dish is freely carved to the interior with eight floral scrolls surrounding a central diaper roundel. The exterior is carved with two tiers of flower petals encircling the foot. It is covered in an olive-celadon glaze, pooling within the crevices of the decoration. There is an unglazed disc to the base which has fired to an orange-red tone. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide

Provenance:  Property of a Noble European Lady
Collection of a Spanish diplomat, who was based in Shanghai in the 1940s.

A CELADON-GLAZED OCTAGONAL DISH, CHINA, YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

Christie's. ART D'ASIE, 9 June 2015, Paris