Lally & Co., New York, no. 2411, 19 Feb 1997 (label and receipt).
Sold at Bonhams Sydney on 22 December 2022, (lot 73) on behalf of the Hsiao family, Melbourne for A$6,765 (Estimate A$2,000-3,000).
Compare with another conical bowl of similar size and possibly near identical carved patterns, see Chinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Tokyo and Osaka, 1971, no.64.
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 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 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
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
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
Possibly from one of the Huairen kilns, Shanxi province. The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, covered in