Lot Essay
Compare to a Yaozhou dish carved with a similar design of rhinoceros gazing at the moon, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3122.
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PROPERTY FROM THE YI LAN TANG COLLECTION
A YAOZHOU CARVED ‘RHINOCEROS’ BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
Details
A YAOZHOU CARVED ‘RHINOCEROS’ BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The bowl is carved to the interior with a diamond-shaped cartouche enclosing a seated 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 foot unglazed.
8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam., box
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The bowl is carved to the interior with a diamond-shaped cartouche enclosing a seated 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 foot unglazed.
8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam., box
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