A celadon porcelain dish, China, Ming period, 15th-16th centuryThe olive-green cover decorated in the center with an underglaze engraved flower motif. The base shows a ring of unglazed biscuit of red hue. Diameter: 28 cmFiring crack on the rim and chip on the edge of the heel . This paste color, due to iron oxides appearing during the firing, is characteristic of the celadons from the Longquan kilns of the early Ming period.