A carved 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 耀州窰青釉刻花開光蓮紋盌

A carved 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl

Northern Song / Jin dynasty 

北宋 / 金 耀州窰青釉刻花開光蓮紋盌

the gently rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, the interior carved with a lotus blossom viewed in profile within a quatrelobe cartouche, surrounded by scrolling foliage within a narrowly incised border, covered overall in an olive-green glaze, pooling in the recesses 

Diameter 7 ⅜ in., 18.7 cm