NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A MOLDED YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL
NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
With deep flared sides rising to the rounded rim, molded in the interior with a central leafy spray beneath a border of peony scroll in the cavetto, with a grooved band above the short foot on the exterior, covered overall with an olive-green glaze, the unglazed foot burnt brown in the firing
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The peony was a particularly popular decorative motif on Yaozhou wares, where the numerous petals conveyed the wish for abundant wealth.

Compare the similar bowl with peony design of slightly smaller size, but with very similar carving of the petal lappets on the exterior, in the collection of The Satoh Art Craft Research and Scholarship Foundation, included in the exhibition, The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 49, no. 63.

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