A longquan celadon 'chrysanthemum' plate, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 17.1 cm diam. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 21 November 2011, lot 49. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p.55, pl.50. It 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