Lot 1338. A Yaozhou celadon carved bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century; 7½ in. (19 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. 

Of rounded conical form, with a bow-string band below the rim on the exterior, the interior well carved with a curving lotus spray that fills the center below an incised line border, all under a crackled glaze of olive-green color.

Provenance: Christie's, New York, 5 June 1986, lot 156.

Exhibited: On loan to the Portland Art Museum, 1 June 2006 - 22 June 2010.

Note: A Yaozhou celadon bowl carved with this design, in the Tokyo National Museum, is illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, vol. II, Stockhom, 1970, pl. 9c, along with a bowl, formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, pl. 9a, and another example, pl. 9b.