Lot 2801. A pair of  carved Yaozhou bowls, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century;  5 3/8 in. ( 13.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$ 150,000 – HK$250,000 ($19,445 - $32,409). Price realised HKD 300,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Each bowl is formed with rounded sides rising from a shallow ring foot to a grooved mouth. The interiors are carved in the centre with a leafy stem bearing a single six-petalled blossom surrounded by combed waves. Both bowls are covered in an olive-green glaze with the exception of the foot ring, Japanese wood box

Provenance: Kochukyo, Tokyo

Note: A Yaozhou bowl with this well-known design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 120, no. 106. Other Yaozhou bowls carved with this design are in The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, illustrated in The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 53, no. 67, and in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1976, col. pl. 18.

Christie's. THE CLASSIC AGE OF CHINESE CERAMICS - THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION, PART I, 2 December 2015, Convention Hall