Yuan Dynasty Celadon Dragon Dish with Waves and Clouds

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A large 'Longquan' celadon 'dragon' dish Yuan dynasty, with rounded sides and everted rim, the interior moulded in relief with a scaly dragon pursuing a flaming pearl beside cloud scrolls, in a central medallion withiin a continuous band of scrolling waves around the cavetto, all beneath the bluish-green glaze, 37.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 5 April 2011, lot 122, illustrated. Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above, This lot is to be sold with the book Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Chinese Celadons and other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Compare with a similar dish illustrated in Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Chinese Celadons and other related wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, June 1979, cat no. 169, pl 128 and 129 and on the wrappers, and another illustrated by Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, pl 107., A similar dish sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 December 2016, lot 658

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Everted - An everted rim is an outwardly turning or flaring outwards rim, as seen the rims on jugs, vases, bowls and dishes.

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