A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'double-vajra' dish, Ming dynasty

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1960.

Collection of the Principal Sture Nydell (1891-1986) and Valborg Nydell (1905-2003).

Sung, Chinese Ceramics, From the Collection of the Principal Sture Nydell, Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenburg, 1966, cat. no. 31.

Compare a very similar dish of this rare design excavated from the tomb of Madame Ye (1356-1418) in the Song Sheng Family Tombs in Zhonghuamen, Nanjing, illustrated in J. M. Addis, Chinese Ceramics from Datable Tombs, London, 1978, pls 39w and x; and two others preserved in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. I, London, 1986, pls 194 and 195; compare also a smaller dish from the Seligman Collection of related double-vajra design but with additional incising around the perimeter, now preserved in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 16:59.