A LONGQUAN CELADON FLUTED DISH Asian Works of Art > Carvings > Hardstone Carvings Featuring a blue star sapphire

Featuring a blue star sapphire weighing approximately 44

modelled as a large eagle perched upon a pine tree with two eaglets in a nest below on a fitted root wood stand

from 'Atlas Universel' published 1827

a pair of figures of a man and woman holding flowers

and other Picturesque Features of the North American Continent

A LONGQUAN CELADON FLUTED DISH Asian Works of Art > Carvings > Hardstone Carvings Featuring a blue star sapphireYuan Ming dynasty, circular dish decorated with moulded flowers and leaves to the centre, and fluted sides to the cavetto, covered in a dark green celadon glaze, recessed and glaze splashed base which shows the biscuit burnished reddish brown