A Yaozhou Celadon Carved Conical Bowl

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

Details

A Yaozhou Celadon Carved Conical Bowl
Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
The very slightly rounded sides flaring widely to a rim notched to form six petal lobes, the interior well carved with a large leafy peony stem enhanced by rouletting below a narrow line border, with another line border on the exterior, all under a crackled glaze of greenish-olive tone, the interior of the foot and base covered with a thin glaze wash
8 1/4in. (21cm.) diam., stand
Falk Collection no. 177.

Exhibited

Neolithic to Ming, Chinese Objects - The Myron S. Falk Collection, Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, 1957, no. 24.
Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections in the Metropolitan Area, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1966-1967, no. 46.

Lot Essay

A Yaozhou bowl carved with a similar design of peony sprays on the interior was included in the exhibition, Iron in the Fire, Asmolean Museum, Oxford, 1988, no. 21, and another is illustrated in Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 50, no. 64.

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