A large carved 'Longquan' celadon-glazed octagonal dish

Ming dynasty

明 龍泉窰青釉刻蓮紋八方大盤

sturdily potted with the shallow rounded sides rising from a short, tapered foot to an everted rim, the center fluently carved with a large lotus spray, surrounded by eight panels of alternating lingzhi and flower sprigs, covered overall with a lustrous translucent bluish-green glaze, save for the base left unglazed revealing the stoneware body burnt to a dark orange

Width 13 ? in., 35.3 cm

Mathias Komor, New York.

American Private Collection, acquired from the above in the 1970s.

來源

Mathias Komor，紐約

美國私人收藏，1970年代購於上述處