A QINGBAI CARVED 'LOTUS' BOWL, SONG DYNASTY China, 960-1279. With deep rounded sides and everted lip rising from a short foot ring, the exterior gently carved with two wide bands of petals, covered except for the foot with a lustrous glaze of very pale blue, the interior freely incised with a frieze of abstract lotus scrolls. Provenance: Acquired by W. R. Hodgson in Tokyo in the early 1950s on the advice of Professor Fujio Koyama of the Tokyo National Museum. Thence by descent within the family. Lieutenant Colonel William Roy Hodgson, CMG, OBE (1892-1958) was an Australian diplomat and member of the drafting committee for the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Condition: Excellent condition with old wear, small chip to foot and some firing irregularities. Weight: 249.6 g Dimensions: Diameter 15.3 cm Old Japanese wood box with matching textile straps and paper label on top, bearing an inscription "Sung Celadon Bowl". (2) 青白暗刻蓮紋碗，宋代 中國，960-1279。深碗，短圈足，外壁暗刻蓮瓣紋，青白色釉。 來源：上世紀五十年代在東京國立美術館小山富士夫的建議下購於東京，自此在家族中保存。上校William Roy Hodgson先生(1892-1958)，澳大利亞外交官， 聯合國《人權宣言》起草委員會成員。 品相：品相極好，老磨損，足部小開裂和一些燒製瑕疵. 重量：249.6 克 尺寸：直徑15.3 厘米