A rare and large Chinese Longquan celadon dish with floral design, Ming, early 15th C.

Dia.: 46,2 cm

Provenance:
- A Belgian private collection.
- Lempertz Auction, Cologne, Germany, 27 November 1998, Lot 23. (see attached catalogue scans)
- Dr. Arch. Ignazio Vok collection, Germany, 1998.
- Former collection of Dr. Hans Schneider, Merano. 

Ref.:
- Published in Ulrich Weisner, 'Seladon, Swatow, Blauweiss: Chinesische Keramik Aus Der Sammlung Ignazio Vok / Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Ignazio Vok', Exhibition Catalogue Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln, Cologne, 1983. 
- Regina Krahl & John Ayers, 'Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue, Vol 1', London, 1986, nr. 319 for a comparable example.

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