Lot 3012. A fine and large carved 'Lotus' Longquan celadon charger, Ming Dynasty, early 15th century. Estimate HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000 (USD 110,000 - USD 150,000). Price Realised HKD 1,940,000 (USD 250,213). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.

Sturdily potted and fluidly carved in the centre with a large lotus blossom supported on a curved stalk with curling leafy tendrils, the cavetto with a band of scrolling lotus below the broad mouth rim with a band of classic scrolls, the underside with a band of scrolling lotus encircling the low foot ring, covered in a glaze of rich olive-green tone, the underside base with an unglazed circle burnt orange in the firing - 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box .  

Notes: A very similarly carved slightly larger bracket-lobed dish dated to the late 14th-early 15th century, is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, p. 314, no. 291. .