Yuan DynastyA Small Huozhou ware cup, Huozhou Kilns, Shanxi Province. The center carved with flowers. Diameter 9.5cm Height 6.5cmFor a very similar Huozhou stem bowl see : A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Vol 3. Liao, Hsi-Hsia, Chin and Yuan Wares (Liu liang-yu, Aries Gemini Publishing Ltd, 1992.ISBN 957-9259-03-8) page 219. For two Huozhou ware stem bowls of a rather squatter form see : Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume One (Regina Krahl, Azimuth Editions Ltd, 1994. ISBN 1-898592-02-0) page 277, items 511, 512. For a further Huozhou stem bowl described as Ting (Ding) type see : Fine Chinese Ceramics and Bronzes, The Property of W.W. Winkworth, Sotheby`s & Co, London, 12th December 1972, lot 25.Provenance: Private collection from Hereford