A Chinese carved ‘Lotus’ bowl

A Chinese carved Lotus bowl, Song Dynasty, freely carved to the interior with a combed and carved leafy lotus scrolls, the exterior decorated with carved lotus petals, applied overall with a glossy ice-blue glaze, 14.9cm diameter, Japanese wood box; a Qingbai Chrysanthemum cosmetic box and cover, Song Dynasty, of compressed globular form with lobed sides resembling the petals of a chrysanthemum flower, impressed on the cover with a similar design, 6.1cm diameter, Japanese wood box and a Chinese Qingbai conical bowl, Song Dynasty, the interior with combed and carved cloud design, with grey-green glaze, 17.4cm diameter (3)

Provenance: Bought by Colonel W. R. Hodgson in Tokyo in the early 1950s on the advice of Professor Fujio Koyama (小山冨士夫) of Tokyo National Museum and by direct descent to the current owner.

宋 青白釉菊瓣式妆盒及青白釉刻花莲瓣纹碗等三件

拍品来源：W. R. Hodgson 上校于上世纪五十年代在日本知名的宋瓷学者、东洋陶瓷学会委员长小山富士夫教授指导下于东京所购

Condition Report:
The cover of the box with old chips to the rim some in the firing and other firing faults and crazing to glaze and the bowls good other than minor firing faults and scratches