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                                                                           3119  A YAOZHOU CARVED
                                                                                 ‘RHINOCEROS’ DISH
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                                                                                 NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)

                                                                                 The dish is carved to the interior with a shaped
                                                                                 cartouche enclosing a recumbent rhinoceros
                                                                                 gazing up at a full moon, encircled by scrolls
                                                                                 beneath the well, covered inside and out with a
                                                                                 glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses,
                                                                                 the base and foot unglazed.

                                                                                 8 Ω in. (21.5 cm.) diam., box

                                                                                 HK$120,000-160,000
                                                                                 US$16,000-21,000

                                                                                 LITERATURE
                                                                                 Tan Dan-jiong, History of Chinese Ceramics,
                                                                                 vol. 2, Taipei, 1985, p. 496

                                                                                 北宋/金 耀州窯刻犀牛望月圖盤

                                                                                 著錄
                                                                                 譚旦冏,《中國陶瓷史》,下冊,台北,
                                                                                 1985年,496頁

                                                                                 3119

                                                                                 A LARGE YAOZHOU
                                                                                 MOULDED
                                                                                 ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ BOWL

                                                                                 NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

                                                                                 The bowl is moulded on the interior with a
                                                                                 chrysanthemum scroll and carved to the exterior
                                                                                 with vertical lines representing lotus petals,
                                                                                 covered overall with a sea-green glaze with the
                                                                                 exception of the foot ring.

                                                                                 8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam., box

                                                                                 HK$80,000-150,000
                                                                                 US$11,000-19,000

                                                                                 北宋 耀州窯印纏枝菊紋大盌
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