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A YAOZHOU PERSIMMON-GLAZED HEXAFOIL BOWL

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The bowl has widely fared sides that rise from the small knife-cut foot to
the hexafoil rim, and is covered allover with a glaze of rich, slightly metallic
reddish-brown color that thins on the rim and also covers the base.
7º in. (18.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

$6,000-8,000

北宋 耀州窯柿釉花口盌

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A BROWN-SPOTTED QINGBAI JAR AND COVER

SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The lower body of the jar is carved with overlapping petals beneath the
shoulder which is applied with ‘lotus pod’ medallions alternating with four
pinched handles that surround the wide neck topped with a bulbous mouth.
The pagoda-shaped cover is potted with a fared edge and is decorated with
further ‘lotus-pod’ medallions and two tiers of lotus petals crowned with a
lotus bud-form fnial. The whole is covered with a fnely crackled translucent
glaze highlighted with brown iron oxide decoration around the neck, handle
and cover, except for the unglazed base and edge of the foot which fred
slightly orange.
13¡ in. (34 cm.) high, cloth box

$8,000-12,000

宋 青白釉褐斑堆塑蓮紋糧倉

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