£480
A Chinese Longquan celadon dish, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 13th/14th century, covered in a pale sea green crackle glaze, carved with foliage to the centre within a carved band of keywork scrolls, the broad rim with barbs, burnt orange ring to the base, 38.7cm diameter, some faults
Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.
This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.
The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.
This dish is item no. 322 on the 1948 inventory.
There is a fine crackle to the glaze all over, some wear and scratching to the glaze on the interior and on the underside, There is a 15mm x 7mm chip under the rim and a short 17mm hairline crack to the underside of the rim only. Otherwise in reasonable condition.
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