A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'LOTUS' BOWL Ming dynastyPROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSA LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'LOTUS' BOWLMing dynastyPotted with lobed sides and a foliate rim, the interior and exterior both with freely carved with continuous foliate lotus scrolls, the interior well centered by a molded lotus blossom, the exterior with a band of clouds incised below the rim, covered overall in an unctuous seafoam-green glaze, the base with an unglazed ring burnt orange during the firing.8 1/2in (21.6cm) diam. 明 龍泉青釉蓮花紋葵口碗Compare with two bowls of this form, but carved with variant motifs, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Green Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2009, pp 70-71, pls 28 and 29.