THREE 'YAOZHOU-TYPE' BOWLS SONG DYNASTY

each of conical form, two of the bowls combed to the interior with wave designs, the other carved with spiralling lobes

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 75, 76 and 80.

left on catalogue image: Some wear to the glaze on the rim with minor kiln grit on the interior well. Small chips on the foot, the largest 3 mm. center on catalogue image: The glaze is very dry and some parts of the rim retouched, now discolored (also showed fluorescence under UV light). Some glaze pull to the interior well and around foot on the exterior. A horizontal firing flaw on the exterior, 1 cm. Note that this has additional Provenance: Sidney L. Moss, London (according to label). right on catalogue image: A line of kiln grit on the interior seems to be associated with glaze cracks on both sides. Other glaze cracks scattered. In otherwise good condition. Note that this has additional Provenance: F. Low-Beer & Co., New York (according to label).
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