Lot Essay
Three similar vessels are illustrated by Mitsuru Uragami in Animal Farm in Yue Ware, Tokyo, 1992, nos. 56-58
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A YUEYAO BOWL MODELED WITH A BIRD
3RD/4TH CENTURY
Of deep, rounded form with a narrow finger groove below the rim, the small bird with outstretched wings perched on a column rising from the center of the interior with iron-brown spots on its head and the tips of the wings and tail, covered with a finely crackled glaze of olive tone continuing over the foot ring and base (restored rim chip)
4¼in. (10.2cm.) diam., box
3RD/4TH CENTURY
Of deep, rounded form with a narrow finger groove below the rim, the small bird with outstretched wings perched on a column rising from the center of the interior with iron-brown spots on its head and the tips of the wings and tail, covered with a finely crackled glaze of olive tone continuing over the foot ring and base (restored rim chip)
4¼in. (10.2cm.) diam., box