Property from Carnegie Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund
Two 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed hexafoil dishes, Northern Song dynasty
Auction Closed
March 19, 05:41 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
(2)
Diameter 5¼ in., 13.4 cm
Collection of Sarah Mellon Scaife (1903-1965), prior to 1961.
Gifted to the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1961 (accession nos. 61.18.2&3).
A hexafoil Yaozhou dish of comparable size is published in Songdai Yaozhou yaozhi / The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998, p. 212, fig. 110:10, and see also one from the collection of Hirano Kotoken, sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th May 1983, lot 54 and 8th April 2023, lot 3502.