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A YAOZHOU CARVED ‘DUCK’ DISH ٬೐ 㕺 ⡁๸⒌ט㐾㲳♄↲
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
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The dish is carved to the centre of the interior with a duck
8 8 8JOLXPSUI 卿ٳᘹ
swimming amid waves, encircled by an incised line and
㑤ᇖル卻 卼卿㲞ᳰ
surrounded by a band of crested waves on the cavetto. The exterior
Ƕ5IF 5 : $IBP 1SJWBUF BOE 'BNJMZ 5SVTU $PMMFDUJPOT PG
is divided into six shallow lobes by vertical incised lines. The dish
is covered with a translucent glaze of olive-green tone with the *NQPSUBOU $IJOFTF $FSBNJDT BOE +BEF $BSWJOHTǷ卿㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿
exception of the foot ring. ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
6 Æ in. (17 cm.) diam, box
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HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
⥙␰༈卿ඳཪᙱ卿Ƕ"SUF $JOFTFǷ卿 ჺ卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚
PROVENANCE
W. W. Winkworth (1897-1991), London
T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), Hong Kong
The T. Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of
Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings, sold at Sotheby's
Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 10
EXHIBITED
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Arte Cinese, 1954, Catalogue, no. 409

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