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A SMALL CARVED YAOZHOU BOWL
Northern Song dynasty, 960-1127
耀 州 窯 青 釉 刻 蓮 花 紋 盌 ( 北 宋 960-1127)
Dimensions: 9.5 cm diameter
Provenance: - Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 5
- Sotheby’s New York, ‘Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A
Private Collection of ‘Song’ Ceramics’, 23 March 2011, lot 522
- A private European collection
Finely potted with delicately rounded sides curving inward to a wide mouth with
a scalloped neckline. The body of the bowl freely carved with leafy sprays, covered
overall with a deep, olive-green glaze. The foot left unglazed to reveal the orangebuff
coloured body.