AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CONICAL 'LOTUS AND PRUNUS' BOWL Ming Dynasty The large vessel thickly potted with steeply tapering sides, carved with a row of lotus lappets below a double band at the rounded shoulder, applied with prunus florettes underneath the barbed-rim mouth, covered overall in an olive-green celadon glaze scattered with dark speckles. 24.3cm (9 1/2in) diam.