A Longquan celadon 'dragon' charger, Early Yuan dynasty 元初 龍泉青釉刻花貼龍紋折沿大盤

Collection of Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio (1887-1968) and Archduchess Margaretha of Austria (1938-1946), acquired in China prior to 1943.
Bonhams London, 9th November 2017, lot 68.

意大利駐華大使戴良尼（1887至1968年）伉儷收藏，1943年前入藏於中國
倫敦邦瀚斯2017年11月9日，編號 68

A similar dish of this size with the dragon in an identical position was included by William Willetts in the exhibition of Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, compiled by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, and jointly organised by the National Museum of Singapore, 1979, no. 169, pl. 129 and front cover; another, also with a dragon in an identical position, is included by Regina Krahl and John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, A Complete Catalogue I, London, 1986, cat. no. 62; a related dish, in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, the British Museum, again with the same dragon writhing between two cloud banks, dated Southern Song or Yuan Dynasty, 13th century, is included by Margaret Medley in The World’s Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1976, cat. no. 43; another, with the same dragon and a single flaming pearl, is included by Tsugio Mikami in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 13: Liao, Chin and Yuan Dynasties, Tokyo, 1981, cat. no. 165.