Lot 522
  • 522

THREE 'YAOZHOU' BOWLS SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

comprising: a conical bowl; a deep U-shaped bowl carved around the exterior with overlapping lotus leaves; and a deep U-shaped bowl with a lobed interior, all covered in an olive-green glaze

Exhibited

Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950 cat. no. 283 (lotus bowl).

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 65, 84 and 85.

Condition

Bowl with overlapping leaves: There is scratches to the glaze to the interior. There is a shallow chip and the glaze has flaked off to the exterior foot. Conical bowl: Is in good condition. Has crackle to the glaze to the interior and exterior of the piece. U-shaped bowl: Is in good condition. Has a minor glaze pull to the exterior near the foot.
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