A moulded Yaozhou moon-white glazed 'fish' bowl, Northern Song - Jin dynasty 北宋至金 耀州月白釉印魚紋斂口盌

Bowls of this shape and fragments with similar applied motifs have been excavated at the Huangpu kiln sites in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, and are illustrated in Wudai Huangpu Yaozhi [The remains of the Five Dynasties Huangpu Kiln], Beijing, 1997, pp. 38 and 54-62, pls 21-4. These kilns, predecessors of the Yaozhou kilns, are often referred to as Dongyao, 'Eastern kilns'.

A celadon-glazed bowl of similar form and with an applied animal motif on the interior was included in the exhibition The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, cat. no. 15.

See another similar Five Dynasties bowl with 'phoenix' applique, sold in these rooms, 5th April 2017, lot 1101.

陝西省銅川市黃堡窰址出土與此器形接近之盌，以及飾有相類塑貼之殘瓷，圖見《五代黃堡窰址》，北京，1997年，頁38、54-62，圖版21-4。這些窰口乃耀州窰之前身，稱之「東窰」。

見一相近青釉盌例，內壁貼動物紋飾，展於《耀州窯：中國中原に華ひらいた名窯》，大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館，大阪，1997年，編號15。

另可參考一相類五代青釉貼鳳凰盌，售於香港蘇富2017年4月5日，編號1101。