
A pair of Yaozhou bowls, Northern Song Dynasty
The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon

The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon

Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale

The rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior carved with two swimming fish, surrounded by combed work suggesting

Possibly Ding or Huozhou kilns. The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored

Carved with a continuous scene of the sages and attendants beside a bridge in a rocky mountainous landscape, with wutong trees and retreats nestled into the

Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even