A LARGE INCISED 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED 'FIVE-CLAWED DRAGON' DISH, EARLY MING DYNASTY

A LARGE INCISED 'LONGQUAN' CELADON-GLAZED 'FIVE-CLAWED DRAGON' DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY
明初 龍泉窰青釉龍紋大盤

stoutly potted, with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the interior deftly incised with an arching dragon amid fiery clouds, the cavetto with a frieze of scrolling lotus blooms, and a band of cresting waves encircling the rim, the underside undecorated, applied overall with a rich sea-green glaze save for a dark orange firing ring at the base

Diameter 15⅞ in., 40.5 cm

Condition Report:
The everted rim has an approx. 8 cm wide crescent-shaped section out and restuck. The foot has a section of restoration of possibly two infilled chips, the larger measuring approx. 4 cm wide. Overall with some expected wear and minor firing imperfections.

口沿有一約0.8公分剝落經重黏。足有一修補處，可能為修復兩補磕，稍大磕約4公分寬。整體有正常使用痕跡及少許窰燒瑕疵。

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Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 13th May 2009, lot 63.

來源

倫敦蘇富比2009年5月13日，編號63