NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

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A RARE SMALL MOLDED YAOZHOU CONICAL BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
The bowl is molded on the interior with two petal-rimmed jardinières holding lotus bouquets, divided by two flower vases holding peony sprays, and is covered overall with a lustrous glaze of deep olive-green tone.
4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Kaikodo Ltd., New York, 6 September 1993.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.

Lot Essay

The design of flower-filled jardinières on this conical bowl is very rare. Although there appear to be no published comparable examples, this design can be seen on a biscuit model of a larger bowl found in a Yaozhou kiln site in Huangpu Township, Tongchuan City, and illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), Beijing, 2008, vol. 15, p. 148.

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