Lot 386. A moulded Yaozhou moon-white glazed 'fish' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 9 cm. Lot sold: 18,900 HKD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's

Note: Bowls of this shape and fragments with similar applied motifs have been excavated at the Huangpu kiln sites in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, and are illustrated in Wudai Huangpu Yaozhi [The remains of the Five Dynasties Huangpu Kiln], Beijing, 1997, pp. 38 and 54-62, pls 21-4. These kilns, predecessors of the Yaozhou kilns, are often referred to as Dongyao, 'Eastern kilns'.

A celadon-glazed bowl of similar form and with an applied animal motif on the interior was included in the exhibition The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, cat. no. 15.

See another similar Five Dynasties bowl with 'phoenix' applique, sold in these rooms, 5th April 2017, lot 1101.

Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021