A Yaozhou Celadon Carved Bowl
NORTHERN GREEN WARES
A Yaozhou Celadon Carved Bowl

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A Yaozhou Celadon Carved Bowl
Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
Well potted with rounded sides flaring from a shallow ring foot to the finger-grooved rim, boldly carved on the interior with a sinuous floral spray bearing two camellia blossoms and a lotus blossom, covered overall with a lightly crackled glaze of attractive sea-green tone
7½in. (19cm.) diam., stand

Lot Essay

A Yaozhou bowl of this shape, and with similar carved design, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, no. 153.

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