NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)

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A CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON 'PEONIES’ BOWL
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The interior of the wide shallow bowl is carved with three large peony blooms borne on two slender intertwining stems and surrounded by feathery leaves. The reverse is plain except for a line border below the rim. The bowl is covered overall with a glaze of even olive-green tone.
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4741.

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Lot Essay

While peonies were a popular motif found on Yaozhou wares, this particular pattern, with three blooms borne on central slender stems, appears to be quite rare. A smaller Yaozhou dish carved with a closely related pattern in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is illustrated in The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London, 1960, pl. 51, no. 134, p. 57.

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