A YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON BOWL

SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

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A YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON BOWL
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Of rounded conical form with a bowstring band below the rim on the exterior, the bowl is carved on the interior with a single lotus bloom borne on a scrolling leafy tendril below a faintly incised line border. The bowl is covered with an olive-green glaze with the exception of the unglazed foot.
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

A Yaozhou celadon bowl carved with this design, in the Tokyo National Museum, is illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, vol. II, Stockholm, 1970, pl. 9c, along with a bowl, formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, pl. 9a, and another example, pl. 9b.

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