THE LARRY LUCAS COLLECTION OF ASIAN WORKS OF ARTLARRY LUCAS 亞洲藝術收藏Lots 20 to 76Mr Larry Lucas, a British-born businessman, started collecting Asian Art as a university student in the late 1960s in Cambridge. As the co-founder of the Asian Art Institute of Australia, Larry has organised various exhibitions and lectures since 2008, providing platforms for collectors, artists, researchers and scholars, and promoting knowledge and appreciation of Asian art.Larry Lucas 先生出生於英國，早於上世紀六十年代劍橋求學時，即熱衷收藏，至今近半世紀。2008年在悉尼於三五志趣相投的好友成立澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，多年來舉辦講座、展覽，為當地乃至世界收藏同好、藝術家及學者提供交流平台。


























































A longquan celadon 'chrysanthemum' plate


Southern Song to Yuan dynasty17.1cm diam.
|Provenance:Mossgreen, Melbourne, 21 November 2011, lot 49Exhibited:Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p.55, pl.50It became fashionable in the late Southern Song and the Yuan dynasty to have small cups and bowls placed on broad saucers. Some have a recessed centre ring to contain a cup or a bowl, others with a raised decorative area in the centre such as this piece which acts as an anchoring mechanism.南宋至元 龍泉青釉菊紋碟傳承：慕仕格拍賣行，墨爾本，2011年11月21日，拍品號49展出：中國瓷器經典時期：宋元， 澳大利亞亞洲藝術協會，2013年10月12日至13日出版於同名圖錄，悉尼，圖版號50，頁55南宋末年至元代，小茶盌大托盤的組合成為時尚。此種用途的托盤，或中心帶環形凹槽、或以高浮雕飾如此盤的團形紋樣，都是用以固定茶盌的設計。