A LARGE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' DISH YUAN DYNASTY

the slightly spreading foot, rising to rounded sides and an everted rim, moulded in the form of a chrysanthemum flower, with seventy-five radiating concave 'petals' and a central peony roundel, covered in a celadon glaze

Collection of Francisco Capelo.

Francisco Capelo et. al., Forms of Pleasure. Chinese Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life, London, 2009, pl. 46.

This rare dish is in very good overall condition with the exception of a slight warp to the rim, minor glaze firing imperfections including burst glaze bubbles, iron spots, some light rubbing to the glaze on the underside of the rim and light glaze scratches.
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Although a number of dishes of this type are known, the present example is unusual for the fluted cavetto extending to the rim which is usually left plain. However, a similar chrysanthemum form 'Longquan' dish of slightly smaller dimension was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 15^th October 1990, lot 105.

For related examples with a plain rim see a dish illustrated in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 206; another published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. 1, London, 1986, pl. 76, with a peony spray incised in the centre; and a third dish from the H.M. Knight collection sold in these rooms, 11^th December 1979, lot 217.

Compare further related examples of similar large size; one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 26^th May 1980, lot 435; another sold in these rooms, 7^th June 1988, lot 207; and a third dish, from the collection of Sir Thomas Bromley, sold at Christie's London, 12^th June 1989, lot 2.