A CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON HEXAGONAL BOWL

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A CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON HEXAGONAL BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Freely carved to the interior medallion with a duck swimming within a sea of breaking waves extending upward on to the six lobed sides of petal form, the reverse incised with a loose floral pattern, all covered in an attractive sea-green glaze pooling within the recesses of the carving (the foot ring polished)
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

A bowl of this pattern is illustrated by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, fig. 97.

(US$7,000-9,000)

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