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The present charger is impressive for its large size and the
finely rendered design of a curling lotus spray that is delicately
enclosed within bands of scrolling flowers. It belongs to a
group of high-quality Longquan celadon wares produced in
the late 14th to early 15th centuries, characterised by their
bold carved designs that are comparable to the blue and
white porcelain of the period. During the early Ming dynasty,
the Longquan kilns appear to have worked closely with the
imperial porcelain kilns at Jingdezhen, thus making wares of
similar form, decoration and quality.
Another Longquan charger decorated with a flower head
surrounded by a lotus meander on the interior and with the
bajixiang at the well, is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese
Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, vol.
1, pl. 245; one sold in these rooms, 9th October 2007, lot
1519; another formerly in the Edward T. Chow and T.Y. Chao
collections, sold in our London rooms, 16th December 1980,
lot 329, and again in these rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 219.