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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A MOULDED YAOZHOU CELADON EWER
NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY
the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a cylindrical
neck, set with a long curved spout opposite a strap handle,
the body divided into five lobes, each lobe moulded in high
relief with either a seated figure or two boys at play
14.5 cm, 5¾ in.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

北宋至金 耀州青釉印人物紋執壺

The present ewer is highly unusual for its decoration, and
no other example appears to be recorded. See an ewer
of this form and typical floral design, sold in these rooms,
30th/31st May 2019, lot 305. For other Yaozhou wares with
related applied figures, see a Northern Song dynasty stem
lotus dish in the Shanghai Museum, published in Liu Liang-
yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2: Sung Wares, Taipei,
1991, p. 97 top right.

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□ 307 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM AN OLD ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A YUE CELADON LOBED BOWL
FIVE DYNASTIES
with rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to a
six-lobed rim, applied overall save for the footring with a
greyish-green glaze
18.7 cm, 7⅜ in.

HK$ 80,000-100,000
US$ 10,200-12,800

五代 越窰青釉葵式盌

See a smaller bowl (12.2 cm) in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, similarly potted with six lobes resting on a
short foot and dated to the Five Dynasties to early Northern
Song dynasty, illustrated in Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty
Ceramics, London, 2004, nos 8 and 8a.

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