Lot 118. A large early-Ming Longquan celadon bowl, Yongle period (1403-1424), 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 150,000 (USD 10,351 - USD 19,408) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017.

The shallow bowl is thickly potted and is carved to the interior with a large peony bloom within a foliate panel at the centre, and a wide band of undulating peony scrolls on the well, the pattern repeated on the exterior. It is covered in an even celadon glaze of sea-green tone, with an unglazed ring on the base. 

Provenance: Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4247

Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 April 2017, Hong Kong