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A PAIR OF ‘YAOZHOU’ Persimmon-glazed wares in the Song dynasty
PERSIMMON-GLAZED BOWLS (960-1279) were produced at several kilns in
NORTHERN SONG North China; the most famous being those of
the Ding and Yaozhou kilns in Hebei and Shaanxi
each of conical form with the gently rounded provinces, respectively. Compare a Yaozhou
sides rising from a short splayed foot to an persimmon-glazed bowl sold in our New York
everted rim, covered overall with a metallic russet rooms, 30th March 2006, lot 39; and another,
glaze, stopping irregularly at the foot to reveal the from the Kwan Collection, illustrated in Song
bu -colored stoneware body (2) Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 86, and
later sold in our London rooms, 12th November
2003, lot 43.
$ 20,000-30,000
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