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AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘YAOZHOU’ CELADON
CARVED ‘FLORAL’ VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

well potted with an almost spherical body rising from a
tapered foot to a broad rounded shoulder, surmounted by
a short waisted neck and everted flat mouth-rim, boldly
carved with two neatly arranged bands, the shoulder with
a band of pentagons, above a frieze of hexagons encircling
the lower section, each polygon enclosing a freely rendered
floral spray, all between a collar of square-cut floral lappets
and a border of upright pointed petals encircling the neck and
foot respectively, covered overall save for the neatly pared
unglazed foot with an olive-green glaze pooling to a darker
tone at the recessed areas, the glaze stopping short of the
unglazed foot revealing the pale grey body
d. 16 cm, 6¼ in.
HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 520,000-775,000
北宋 耀州窰青釉刻花瓶

26 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比