Lot Essay
The dish is potted with an everted rim and is carved to the centre of the interior with a medallion enclosing day lily blossom, covered overall with a translucent glaze of olive-green tone with the exception of the foot ring. Compare with a Yaozhou celadon dish carved with lotus, published by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, p.232, no.414.