With slightly rounded sides rising from a high foot to an everted foliate rim, the interior incised with undulating lines radiating from the medallion to form petals, the reverse similarly incised, all under an even greenish-grey celadon glaze thinning slightly at the rim and stopping neatly around the base, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: A Japanese private collection.

Note: A similar example of comparable size was sold at Sotheby's London, 13 July 2006, lot 563. Compare also a larger example from the E.T. Hall Collection, no. 542, sold at Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 243. Another smaller example, from the E.T. Chow and E.T. Hall Collections was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 561.