A YAOZHOU CELADON CARVED BOWL

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

Details

A YAOZHOU CELADON CARVED BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Of rounded conical form, with a bow-string band below the rim on the exterior, the interior well carved with a curving lotus spray that fills the center below an incised line border, all under a crackled glaze of olive-green color
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 5 June 1986, lot 156.

Exhibited

On loan to the Portland Art Museum, 1 June 2006 - 22 June 2010.

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Lot Essay

A Yaozhou celadon bowl carved with this design, in the Tokyo National Museum, is illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, vol. II, Stockhom, 1970, pl. 9c, along with a bowl, formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, pl. 9a, and another example, pl. 9b.

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