A large Chinese porcelain celadon glazed dish with flat everted lipped rim, incised in the centre with an open-winged crane holding a leafy branch in its beak, the cavetto with four scrolling lotus flower-heads amongst buds and leaves, all below a band of keyfret, the everted rim with twenty-four florets applied in relief, the base glazed, apart from an unglazed ring burnt red in the firing. 41.2 cm,
16 ¼ inches diameter.
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