Lot Essay
A Yueyao petal-lobed dish of similar shape but slightly smaller size (10.8 cm.) is in the collection of the Shanghai Museum and is published in Zhongguo taoci quanji - 4 - Yue ware, Shanghai, 1981, no. 135.
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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A RARE YUEYAO INCISED OVAL BOWL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Raised on a ring foot, the oval bowl has flared sides that rise to the rim notched as four petals and is incised in the interior with lotus leaves. The whole is covered in a crackle-suffused glaze of olive tone.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Raised on a ring foot, the oval bowl has flared sides that rise to the rim notched as four petals and is incised in the interior with lotus leaves. The whole is covered in a crackle-suffused glaze of olive tone.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired in Japan prior to 1997.