A Rare Blue And White Barbed 'Lotus Pond' Charger, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1366)

Sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a wide everted bracket-lobed rim, the interior centred with a medallion densely decorated with clumps of flowering lotus rising from the rippling waters of a pond, the plants rendered bearing large pads and curling leaves, the cavetto decorated with 16 lotus flower spray, all within a band of meandering flora scroll bordering the rim, the exterior decorated with composite floral meander, the unglazed base