Lot 226. A carved ‘Yaozhou’ bowl, Song dynasty; 13.7cm., 5 3/8 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2013.

the rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted lipped rim, freely carved to the interior with a leafy floral spray surrounded by cresting wave bands, covered overall in a translucent sea-green glaze stopping above the foot to reveal the brown body.

Provenance: Collection of George Eumorfopoulos.
The Riesco Collection. 

Litterature: R.L Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol. II, London, 1926, pl. LIV, no. B192.
Edgar E. Bluett, The Riesco Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. 7.