A LONGQUAN CELADON BARBED-RIM DISH, SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY China, 960-1368. The concave shallow sides supported on a short tapered foot and rising to a wide everted barbed rim, covered in a finely crackled soft sea-green glaze, thinning toward the edges and darkening in the recesses, skillfully utilized to heighten the barbed rim with a neatly carved line, the unglazed foot rim burnt to orange.

Provenance: From a German private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear, traces of use and firing irregularities such as scattered brown spots, pitting and glaze recesses. The glaze with intentional crackling.

Weight: 277.5 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17.3 cm

Literature comparison:
A Longquan celadon dish of similar shape is in the Percival David Foundation and shown by M. Medley in the Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares, 1977, pl. V, 47. Another Longquan dish of similar shape and glaze, with the rim divided into petal lobes, is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Three (II), London, 2006, p. 581, no. 1570.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 19 September 2014, lot 844
Price: USD 56,250 or approx. EUR 66,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare Longquan celadon guan-type dish with foliate rim
Expert remark: The pre-auction estimate for this lot was USD 10-15.000. Compare the closely related form with its barbed rim and similar size (16 cm). Note the guan-type glaze.


宋至元龍泉青釉菱口盤
中國，960-1368年。胎體厚重，菱花口，折沿直壁，通體滿施青釉，光素無紋，釉面浮光瀲灩，釉色碧綠似玉，圈足內留有澀圈墊燒火石紅痕。器型沉穩大氣，線條流暢。

來源：德國私人收藏。
品相：品相極佳，有輕微磨損、使用痕跡和燒製不規則現象，例如散落的褐色斑點、麻點和釉面凹陷。釉料局部開片。

重量：277.5 克
尺寸：直徑17.3 厘米

文獻比較：
一件相近形制的龍泉盤，收藏於Percival David Foundation，刊登於M. Medley，《Catalogue of Celadon Wares》，1977年，第五版，頁47。另一件形制和釉色相近的龍泉盤，花瓣狀盤沿，見康蕊君，《玫茵堂中國陶瓷》，卷三(II)，倫敦，2006年，頁581，編號1570。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2014年9月19日，lot 844
價格：USD 56,250（相當於今日EUR 66,000）
描述：罕見南宋仿官窯龍泉菱口盤
專家評論：預展時此盤估價約10-15.000 USD。比較非常相近的外型，以及花瓣盤沿和相似的尺寸 (16 厘米)。請注意仿官窯的釉面。