A large 'Longquan' celadon Barbed rim dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, robustly potted with petal moulded shallow rounded sides, carved with a central medallion enclosing four clumps of lotus in a pond, encircled with panels enclosing chrysanthemum sprays, repeated on the underside, and a foliate scroll around the interior rim, covered overall with a thick sea-green glaze, the base with a ring burnt orange in the firing 47.