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A RARE YAOZHOU CARVED ‘FLORAL’ BOWL AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

The bowl is carved fluently with a broad floral scroll, the cover is similarly carved and surmounted by
an indented finial. Both the cover and bowl are applied with a glossy glaze of deep yellowish-olive
tone, with the exception of the base and foot ring.

5 æ in. (14.8 cm.) diam., box

HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$78,000-190,000

It is rare to find a Yaozhou bowl of this size preserved with the original cover. A very similar
Yaozhou carved bowl and cover is exhibited in Eskenazi Ltd., London, Principal Wares of the Song
Period from a Private Collection, 8-29 May 2015, Catalogue, no. 13. Compare also a Yaozhou bowl
and cover of similar form and decoration but of smaller size (10.7 cm. diam.) found in the Lü family
cemetery, illustrated in Yishi tongdiao: Shaanxi Lantian Lüshi jiazu mudi chutu wenwu (Different World
Same Tones: Cultural Relics from the Shaanxi Lantian Lü Family Cemetery), Beijing, 2013, no. 31.

北宋 耀州窯刻花卉紋蓋盌

同類的耀州窯刻花盌為數不多，保存原蓋的例子更是稀少。倫敦埃斯肯納齊2015年5月《Principal
Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection》展覽中有一件和本拍品十分相似的耀州刻
花蓋盌，見該展覽圖錄編號13。亦可比一件出土於陝西藍田呂氏家族墓的耀州刻花蓋盌，器形紋飾和
本品相似，唯尺寸略小（盌口徑10.7公分），發表於《異世同調-陜西省藍田呂氏家族墓地出土文物》
，北京，2013年，編號31。

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