New Forms - Song/Yuan

1A YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON ‘LOTUS’ DISH
Northern Song dynasty, 960-1127
耀 州 窯 青 釉 刻 蓮 紋 盤 ( 北 宋 960-1127)
Dimensions: 18.4 cm diameter
Provenance: - Sotheby’s London, 11 December 1990, lot 230
- Sotheby’s New York, ‘Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A
Private Collection of ‘Song’ Ceramics’, 23 March 2011, lot 524
The sides of the dish flaring to an upturned rim. The center of the interior
elaborately carved with a lotus bloom and a large leaf on a scrolling stem.
Covered overall in a deep, olive-green glaze, thinning around the rim and
pooling around the deeper parts of the carved decoration. The foot and base
left (partially) unglazed.