A Longquan celadon-glazed charger


15th centuryThickly molded with a raised edge to the bracket-lobed rim, the lobed sides forming the shallow well, a single peony blossom spray incised across the floor within a double ring frame, the exterior walls similarly molded above the foot ring and a lustrous olive-green glaze covering all surfaces except a firing ring within the recessed base.17 1/2in (44.5cm) diam.
|十五世紀 龍泉窰青釉牡丹紋盤For a 15th century charger of similar form and decoration but slightly smaller size (35.5cm diam.), see Regina Krahl, Nurdan Erbahar, and John G. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, New York, 1986, Volume I, p. 354, no. 469.