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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES
E. BREECE III

2335
A YAOZHOU CELADON MOLDED BOWL
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH
CENTURY

The bowl has slightly rounded conical sides
that rise to an everted rim, and is molded in
the center with the character Yang, possibly
a surname, in the center of a fower head
surrounded by stylized chrysanthemum
scroll below a plain band. The exterior is
carved with simplifed petals that rise to a
line border. The bowl is covered overall,
including the base, with a glaze of greyish-
olive color.
7¬ in. (19.5 cm.) diam., box

$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s London, 11 December 1990, lot
225.
Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, New York,
2011.

Two shards with similar molded design, dated
to the Northern Song dynasty, were found in
1987 at Tongchuan City, Yaozhou District,
Shaanxi province, and are illustrated in The
Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, The Museum
of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, p. 114, nos.
161-62. A molded Yaozhou bowl of this design,
and slightly larger size, (20 cm.) from the Qing
Court Collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelain
of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, p.
123, no. 109. See, also, the similar bowl sold at
Christie’s New York, 24 March 2004, lot 153.
Neither of these last two bowls has the character
in the center.

北宋/金 耀州窯青釉模印菊紋盌

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