A CARVED CIZHOU 'FLORAL' BOWL Northern Song Dynasty
Property from the Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent Lots 265-289
A CARVED CIZHOU 'FLORAL' BOWL
Northern Song Dynasty
The bowl with deep rounded sides, carved on the interior through the layer of creamy-white slip with two lotus stems issuing large open leaves, reserved on a combed ground, all beneath a clear glaze stopping above the foot.
21.7cm (8 5/8in) diam.
北宋 磁州窰白釉刻花紋盌
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 7 June 2000, lot 97 (label)
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010), thence by descent.
A bowl of similar form, but different decoration was recovered from the kiln site and illustrated in The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing 1997, p. 68 fig. 28.
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Property from the Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent Lots 265-289
A CARVED CIZHOU 'FLORAL' BOWL
Northern Song Dynasty
The bowl with deep rounded sides, carved on the interior through the layer of creamy-white slip with two lotus stems issuing large open leaves, reserved on a combed ground, all beneath a clear glaze stopping above the foot.
21.7cm (8 5/8in) diam.
北宋 磁州窰白釉刻花紋盌
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 7 June 2000, lot 97 (label)
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010), thence by descent.
A bowl of similar form, but different decoration was recovered from the kiln site and illustrated in The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing 1997, p. 68 fig. 28.
