A 'YAOZHOU' 'PEONY' BOWL SONG DYNASTY

of conical shape rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, moulded to the interior with a leafy peony scroll and covered overall in an olive-green glaze, 10.8cm., 4 2/8 in; together with a large green-glazed conical bowl, Jin Dynasty

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 77 (peony bowl).

peony bowl: In good overall condition with four small kiln grit specks on the interior well and a fifth on the side. A iron spot near the interior rim. Two iron spots on the exterior. Kiln grit collected inside the foot rim and the foot is a little wobbly. large bowl: In good condition, though the glaze has degraded near the foot. Minor surface abrasions to the glaze.
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