Lot 3112. A white-glazed moulded ‘boys’ bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000 (USD 15,547 - USD 23,321). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.

The bowl has shallow rounded sides and is covered overall with a creamy-white glaze. The centre is moulded with peonies below the cavetto which is crisply moulded with a broad band of floral sprays interspersed with boys at play and a band of clouds to the mouth rim. 7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) diam., box.

Notes: The moulded design on the current bowl is particularly crisp and elegant. Compare to a related bowl of slightly deeper form and moulded with similar motifs in the same level of refinement, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3 (II), London, 2006, p. 451, pl. 1451, where it is dated to the Jin dynasty and described as possibly from the Jiexiu kilns, Shanxi province. For further discussion on the Jiexiu kilns, see the exhibition catalogue Sanjin yaohuo: Zhongguo gudai Shanxi taoci tezhan, Beijing, 2013. 

Christie's. Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection, 30 November 2016, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall