Lot 3203. A moulded Yaozhou celadon bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014. 

With slightly rounded conical sides rising from a narrow foot, the interior is moulded in shallow relief with scrolling chrysanthemum on a leafy vine. The centre is decorated with a single chrysanthemum flowerhead, all under a semi-translucent glaze of pale olive-green tone pooling to darker green in the recesses, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Property of a private collection in Western Japan, acquired around 1920s. 

Christie’s. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 26 November 2014