A fine carved, conical lotus bowl with celadon glaze, China, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), Longquan ware, Zhejiang province, Guan type ware of light grey porcelaneous stoneware. Estimate 6000/8000 €. Unsold. Photo Nagel

on the inside and exterior covered with a slightly opaque light green celadon glaze with wide-meshed crackle, partly dense at the rim, and carved on the exterior with upright blades of lotus petals. The small foot ring is left unglazed and has oxidized during the firing to a reddish-brown colour, the interior of the base is glazed, on the outside an old, small sticker with an inventory number 4903. D. 16 cm. Good condition

Property from an old Bavarian private collection, collection by the previous owner in China in the early 20th ct., Chinese box with labels in Chinese and English probably around 1910-20

Compare: Joan Y.H. Ho, editor et al.: The Multiplicity of Simplicity - Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2012 (exhibition catalogue), nos. 47 and 48, two smaller Longquan bowls (diam. 9,6 resp. 11,2 cm), no. 47 a plain bowl with equally widely spaced cracks and described as a Longquan Guan ware bowl covered with a crackled powder green glaze., no. 48 is also carved on the exterior with upright blades of lotus petals, bowls of this shapes and carved lotus décor are called lotus-pod bowls, both dated to the Southern Song dynasty.

NAGEL. "Asian Art". Sale 722, 06/06/2015