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A CARVED YAOZHOU ‘RHINOCEROS’                                          北宋/金 耀州窯刻犀牛望月圖盤
DISH
                                                                       來源
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)                                   有明堂,香港, 2000年

The dish is carved to the interior with a diamond-shaped cartouche
enclosing a recumbent rhinoceros gazing up at a full moon,
encircled by scrolls beneath the well, covered inside and out with
a glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, the base and foot
unglazed.

7 ¿ in. (18 cm.) diam., box

HK$120,000-150,000US$16,000-19,000

PROVENANCE
My Gallery, Hong Kong, 2000

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