Heavily potted with shallow, gently curving sides rising to the rim, supported on a rounded foot ring, the broad central field carved with a branch of flowering peony below a band of continuous lotus scroll in the well, all under a rich celadon-green glaze darkening in the recesses and extending over the foot, leaving an unglazed ring on the base burnt orange in the firing. In quite good conditions, minor wears on the surface and minor scratches, few firing spots, one hairline of cm 6 internally but externally only shows 3 cm.45,5 cm diam., 7 cm highA LARGE CARVED FLORAL LONGQUAN CELADON SAUCER DISH, CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)Provenance: from the private collection of an important Italian ambassador and thence by descent