Lot 127. A pair of carved Yaozhou dishes, Northern Song dynasty, ca. 11th-12th century; Each 13.4cm diam. (2).. Sold for €5,120 Photo Bonhams.

Each of circular shape, the flat interior boldly carved and combed to the centre with a design of turbulent waves, covered overall with an olive-green glaze suffused with fine crackles stopping neatly in a circle around the base exposing the greyish body.

Provenance: Collection of Jürgen L. Fischer (d. 2013), Baden Baden, acquired.

Published: Jürgen L. Fischer, Chinesische Kunst, Munich, 1997, p.119 (only one dish illustrated).

Note: Compare a related Yaozhou dish carved with a very similar wave design illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, p.233, no.420, and another example illustrated in Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Tokyo, 1997, p.36, no.41. Compare also with a small carved Yaozhou dish similarly decorated, sold Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 702.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023