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NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
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A YAOZHOU CARVED ‘RHINOCEROS’ DISH
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The dish is carved to the interior with a shaped cartouche enclosing a recumbent rhinoceros gazing up at a full moon, encircled by scrolls beneath the well, covered inside and out with a glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, the base and foot unglazed.
8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) diam., box
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The dish is carved to the interior with a shaped cartouche enclosing a recumbent rhinoceros gazing up at a full moon, encircled by scrolls beneath the well, covered inside and out with a glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, the base and foot unglazed.
8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) diam., box
Literature
Tan Dan-jiong, History of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Taipei, 1985, p. 496
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