Lot Essay
Compare a very similar pair of bowls in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by Rosemary E. Scott in the Catalogue, p.44, no. 27
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A SMALL YAOZHOU MOLDED CONICAL BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Finely potted with flaring sides issuing from a shallow ring foot, the interior lightly molded with four fish swimming around the sides and another creature emerging from the center, all reserved on a delicate, dense wave-pattern ground, the exterior incised with radiating lines, covered inside and out in an olive-green glaze--4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam.
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Finely potted with flaring sides issuing from a shallow ring foot, the interior lightly molded with four fish swimming around the sides and another creature emerging from the center, all reserved on a delicate, dense wave-pattern ground, the exterior incised with radiating lines, covered inside and out in an olive-green glaze--4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam.