NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SMALL YAOZHOU CELADON MOLDED DISHES
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Each has shallow, rounded sides that rise to a lipped rim, and is molded on the bottom of the interior with a stem bearing three chrysanthemum blossoms amidst a dense ground of small curling leaves, below a narrow sawtooth border and leaf scroll in the well, and each is covered overall with a glaze of dark olive color that thins on the raised areas.
4 ¼ in. (10.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Christie's London, 19 December 1990, lot 108.

Lot Essay

Compare the Yaozhou celadon molded dishes of the same shape, with a similar design, but of larger size (20.5 cm. and 19.3 cm.), illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979 reprint, pl. 2 j and k, as well as pl. 2 i, described as a basin, which looks to have a rim very similar to that of the present dishes.

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