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A SPLASHED ‘JUN’ BOWL                                                                             962
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
                                                                                                  A SMALL CARVED ‘YAOZHOU’ SAUCER DISH
the rounded conical body rising from a spreading foot to an                                       NORTHERN SONG DYANSTY
inverted rim, covered overall in a crackle-su used seafoam-
green glaze with a purple splash to the upper cavetto, the glaze                                  the interior carved and combed with turbulent waves, the
shading to a mushroom hue at the rim and stopping above the                                       exterior decorated with a single incised line, covered overall
foot to reveal the bu body                                                                        with an attractive olive-green glaze, stopping neatly in a circle
Diameter 7¾ in., 19.8 cm                                                                          around the base exposing the speckled tan body, Japanese
PROVENANCE                                                                                        wood box (3)
Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston,                                      Diameter 5¼ in., 13.3 cm
Massachusetts, and thence by descent.                                                             $ 3,000-5,000
$ 2,000-3,000
                                                                                                  ⊿⬳ġġġ侨ⶆ䩘曺慱⇣∫㯜㲊䲳⮷䚌
⃫ġİġ㖶ġġġ懆䩘⣑啵慱䳓㔹䙴
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TWO SMALL MOLDED ‘YAOZHOU’
CELADON GLAZED ‘FISH’ BOWLS
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

each decorated to the interior with four sh swimming amid
dense waves, the exterior carved with radiating utes, covered
overall with an olive-green glaze save for the foot ring (2)
Diameter of larger 4 in., 10.1 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

⊿⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ侨ⶆ䩘曺慱⌘䡏㲊忲欂䲳⮷䙴ℑẞ

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