Celadon yaozhou conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 960-1234. Photo courtesy Marchant

with upright rim, moulded on the interior with two ducks swimming on waves between a phoenix bird in flight and a spray of three lotus branches with leaves and a central flower, covered overall in an evenolive celadon glaze.20.8cm diameter. Price on request

• Formerly in a Japanese collection.
• Formerly in the collection of Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954)
• Formerly in the collection of the Springfield Museums, Springfield Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962, no. 62.C46.
• Published by The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts in The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, 1965, p. 78.
• A bowl of this form carved with lotus, and another moulded with flowers, are illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1, no. 413, pp. 232/3, and no. 433, p. 241 respectively.

Marchant. 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing' exhibiting tuesday 6th may - friday 30th may 2014 - http://www.marchantasianart.com/