A CARVED YAOZHOU 'RHINOCEROS' DISH
A CARVED YAOZHOU 'RHINOCEROS' DISH

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)

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A CARVED YAOZHOU 'RHINOCEROS' DISH
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The dish is carved to the interior with a diamond-shaped cartouche enclosing a recumbent rhinoceros gazing up at a full moon, encircled by scrolls beneath the well, covered inside and out with a glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, the base and foot unglazed.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
My Gallery, Hong Kong, 2000

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