A MASSIVE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED 'PHOENIX AND DRAGON' CHARGER Zhejiang, Ming Dynasty, 16th centuryPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT WASHINGTON STATE COLLECTIONA MASSIVE LONGQUAN CELADON CARVED 'PHOENIX AND DRAGON' CHARGERZhejiang, Ming Dynasty, 16th centuryHeavily potted with deeply rounded sides and everted rim, supported by a short ring foot, the interior decorated with a pair of phoenixes at the center medallion, surrounded by a pair of dragons on the wall each chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds, a band of ruyi pattern incised on the lipped everted rim, the exterior frelly carved with foliage branches, covered inside and out a lush, crackled celadon glaze except inside the foot ring, showing grey porcelaneous body burnt reddish-brown.18in (45cm) diam十六世紀 龍泉龍鳳紋大盤Provenance:Acquired in Hong Kong, 1996來源：1996年購自香港A dish with similar carved dragon and phoenix design, of the same massive size (45 cm.) is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 492, no. 16:77, where it is dated c. 1550-1620.A charger of slightly smaller size (40.2 cm.) with a similarly carved dragon and phoenix design, but featuring only one phoenix in the center, is illustrated in Celadons from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, p. 279, no. 267. See also a smaller example, sold at Christie's, New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2107.