北宋 耀州窯刻纏枝牡丹紋蓋盌北宋 耀州窯刻纏枝牡丹紋蓋盌Bowl, 5 3⁄4 in. (14.8 cm.) diam.; 4 3⁄4 in. (12.1 cm.) high, including coverDetails A RARE YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON BOWL AND COVERNORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURYThe bowl is carved fluently with a broad peony scroll, the cover is similarly carved and surmounted by an indented finial. Both the cover and bowl are applied with a glaze of deep olive-green tone, with the exception of the base and foot ring.Bowl, 5 3⁄4 in. (14.8 cm.) diam.; 4 3⁄4 in. (12.1 cm.) high, including cover Provenance Eskenazi, London, 2007 Literature Eskenazi, Song: Chinese Ceramics, 10th to 13th century (part 3), London, 2007, no. 12Giuseppe Eskenazi with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s Hand, The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 272, pl. 245 Exhibited Eskenazi, PaceWildenstein, New York, 2007Eskenazi, Principal Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection, London, 8-29 May 2015, no. 13品相: It is rare to find a Yaozhou bowl of this size preserved with the original cover. A very similar Yaozhou carved bowl and cover (14.8 cm.) from the Yangdetang Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3117; and another smaller Yaozhou bowl and cover (10.7 cm. diam.) was found in the Lu family cemetery, illustrated in Yishi tongdiao: Shaanxi Lantian Lushi jiazu mudi chutu wenwu (Different World Same Tones: Cultural Relics from the Shaanxi Lantian Lu Family Cemetery), Beijing, 2013, no. 31. Compare also with two bowls and covers of this shape but carved with chrysanthemum scrolls, one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, gift of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow (C104A-1967) and one in the Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Russell Tyson (1950.1629) published by Rose Kerr, Yaozhou Wares from Museums and Art Institutes from Around the World, Hong Kong, 2021, p. 210, nos. 296-297.