A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed barbed-rim 'peony' dish, Ming dynasty | 明 龍泉窰青釉印牡丹紋菱花式盤

A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed barbed-rim 'peony' dish

Ming dynasty 

明 龍泉窰青釉印牡丹紋菱花式盤

sturdily potted, the gently rounded fluted sides rising from a short, tapered foot to an everted bracketed rim, the interior finely molded with a central medallion of a flowering peony bough, covered overall with an even translucent sea-green glaze save for a wide ring on the recessed base burnt orange in the firing

Diameter 13⅛ in., 33.2 cm