Lot 447
  • 447

A 'YUE' LOBED 'PEONY' DISH 10TH CENTURY

Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
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Description

the gently curved lobed sides rising from a short spreading foot to an everted rim, freely carved to the interior with a peony medallion and covered overall in an olive-green glaze, 13.5cm., 5 3/8 in; together with a 'Yue' mallow-shaped bowl and a celadon-glazed conical bowl

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 35, 33 and 117.

Condition

Lobed Dish: This is in good condition, but does have a glaze star crack to the well. There is four rectangular spur marks to the exterior base. Foliate bowl: There is wear and scratches to the glaze to the interior and scratches to the exterior. Conical bowl: This has a 2.5cm hairline crack running from a repaired chip to the rim. There are other minor frits to the rim.
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