A LARGE CARVED YAOZHOU BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

A LARGE CARVED YAOZHOU BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The bowl is sturdily potted with rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, and is molded on the exterior with a single band below the mouth rim. The interior is carved with a scrolling stem bearing two hibiscus blossoms and a star-shaped leaf. The bowl is covered inside and out with a lustrous glaze of rich, sea-green tone, except the base of the foot ring which shows the grey biscuit body.
8 1/8 in. (20.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance
Bluett & Sons, London, 31 January 1951.
Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963) Collection, no. CN9.
Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 11.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

Literature
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 57, no. 67.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 54-55, no. 13.
Rosemary Scott, ‘Chinese Classic Wares from a Japanese Collection: Song Ceramics from the Linyushanren Collection’, Arts of Asia, March-April 2014, pp. 97-108, fig. 17.

Exhibited
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.