Lot Essay
See a bowl with identical carved decoration, in the Robert Barron Collection, illustrated by L. Rotondo-McCord, Heaven and Earth Seen Within, New Orleans Museum of Art, 2000, pp. 60-1, no. 15.
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NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
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A CARVED YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL
NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Of rounded conical form, the interior well carved with a single floral spray, surrounded by combed waves in an encircling band below an incised line, with a grooved band below the rim on the exterior, covered overall with an olive-green glaze, the unglazed foot burnt brown in the firing
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam., box
NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Of rounded conical form, the interior well carved with a single floral spray, surrounded by combed waves in an encircling band below an incised line, with a grooved band below the rim on the exterior, covered overall with an olive-green glaze, the unglazed foot burnt brown in the firing
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam., box
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.