A Chinese amber-glazed moulded pottery bowl

Liao dynasty (907-1125)
The rounded sides rising from a short foot, the interior moulded with a central flower-head surrounded by various trailing flower sprays and covered in a deep amber glaze spilling over to the exterior and stopping short above the foot revealing the pale pinkish buff, the interior with three unglazed spur marks.
Diam. 13.2 cm

Provenance:
- Fong’s Gallery, Hong Kong (1999)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam

Compare:
- [Exhib.cat.] Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1994, no. 191, p. 419 and 192, p. 421
- Lu Jing Zu, Liao Pottery, Liaoning 2002, no. 4 - 131, p. 215