A YAOZHOU CELADON FOLIATE BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
The deep, flaring sides divided by deep notches and rising towards the everted rim with six out-turned petal lobes, covered overall with a glaze of greyish-olive color
4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Compare the very similar Yaozhou celadon bowl of this form in The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, illustrated in Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 25, no. 26.