A GREEN AND RED ENAMELLED 'LION' DISH Jin/Yuan Dynasty The interior painted in lime green and iron red enamels with a Buddhist lion with tail raised and the face contorted into a fearsome stare, within a circular ring bordered with three floral sprigs, covered in a creamy glaze which falls irregularly above the foot. 15.4cm (6 1/8in) diam. Footnotes: 金/元 紅綠彩佛獅紋盤 Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939), London (label incorrectly annotated no.B.80 rather than no.C.346 as published) Sotheby's, 29th May 1940, lot 165 (part) Sydney Moss Ltd., London Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 6th June 2008 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: The George Eumorfopoulos collection: catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian pottery and porcelain, volume III, London, 1926, p.49 and pl.LVII M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.77 George Aristides Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) was amongst the most important collectors of Chinese art in the early 20th century. He was the founder of the Oriental Ceramic Society in 1921, and served as president until his death in 1939. Eumorfopoulos only purchased from trusted and reliable sources: a third of his collection, which is over one thousand five hundred pieces, was bought from F.M. Frank and Co., eighty-seven pieces from John Sparks Ltd., a hundred and thirty-eight pieces from Bluett and Sons and others from Yamanaka & Co. A significant part of his collection is now housed in the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing