A rare small molded 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed bowl, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 耀州窰青釉印花鴛鴦花卉紋小笠式盌

A rare small molded 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed bowl

Northern Song / Jin dynasty

北宋 / 金 耀州窰青釉印花鴛鴦花卉紋小笠式盌

delicately potted with the conical sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior center crisply molded with three stalks of lotus leaves issuing from swirling waves, surrounded by three lobed cartouches around the cavetto enclosing lotus, peony and mandarin duck, all separated by formalized floral sprays, the exterior carved with a frieze of overlapping petals, covered overall with a lustrous translucent olive-green glaze pooling to a darker tone at the recesses save for the foot ring left unglazed revealing the gray stoneware body

Diameter 4 ⅜ in., 11.1 cm