Lot 8082. A large and rare Longquan celadon-glazed dish with lobed rim, Yuan-early Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th Century. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€2,700 - 4,600). Photo: Bonhams.

Thickly potted and of shallow concave shape, with fluted walls curving up to a wide, everted rim, molded with elegant bracket lobes, surrounding a plain, circular well, covered all over in a thick, light, olive-green glaze, the underside with an unglazed ring burnt orange from firing. 18 1/2in (47cm) diameter

Notes: Longquan chargers of such great size and with elegantly barbed rims are rare. This charger was likely created at Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang and during the period, markets in the Middle East had an enormous appetite for Longquan wares.

A dish of such impressive size with an elegantly lobed rim and a restrained, undecorated interior is rare. One such dish of 48cm diameter with a lobed rim and an undecorated well, dated to the early 15th century, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue I: Historical Introductions, Yuan and Ming Celadon Wares, London, 1986, p. 304, no. 245. Although four other larger dishes are illustrated ibid.nos. 240-243, only one has a lobed rim, and the number of other lobed rim dishes illustrated ibid., nos. 233-239 are all of smaller proportions than the present lot.

Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART, 11:00 EDT - NEW YORK