LONGQUAN GUAN-TYPE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' FOLIATED CUP
SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY
南宋至元 龍泉仿官窯菊瓣式杯the deep, rounded sides carved as chrysanthemum petals that rise from the small ring foot to the scalloped rim, covered overall with a pale celadon glaze thinning on the ribs and ending in a line above the edge of the foot to expose the buff body, the exterior of the glaze 
9.2cm diameter 
Private English collection; acquired from Edmund Grundner Asiatica, Salzburg, Austria (by repute and label on the base)
For a closely related cup with a similar tall foot and convex base to the underside, dated to the Yuan dynasty, see one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Tianxia Longquan: Longquan qingci yu quanqiu hua / Longquan of the World: Longquan Celadon and Globalization, vol. 1, Beijing, 2019, cat. no. 100. Another Longquan Guan-type celadon-glazed 'chrysanthemum' cup, dated to the Southern Song dynasty, was in the Collection of Dr. Henry Guinness de László and sold at Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2024, lot 149.