A YAOZHOU CARVED CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY China, 960-1279. Well potted with rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, the interior densely carved with intertwined lotus stems bearing scrolling leaves and three lotus blossoms, the exterior with a band of lotus petals. Covered with an olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, exposing the buff body at the foot rim partly burnt to orange in the firing.

Provenance: From a private collection in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, the rim with a hairline (approx. 4.3 cm long).

Weight: 558.0 g
Dimensions: Diameter 22.7 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Yaozhou lotus dish, also dated to the Northern Song dynasty, of similar form and with closely related decoration, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 3 December 2015, lot 264, sold for HKD 225,000. 北宋耀州窯青釉刻蓮紋碗
中國，960-1279年。厚胎，敞口外撇，圈足，青釉。碗内刻纏枝蓮紋。外壁刻蓮瓣紋。圈足露胎出成橘色。

來源：英國伯克郡私人收藏
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，邊緣有細裂紋（約 4.3 厘米長）。

重量：558.0克
尺寸：直徑22.7 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件北宋耀州窯青釉刻蓮紋盤，相似外形和紋飾，見香港蘇富比Chinese Art 2015年12月3日 lot 264, 售價HKD 225,000。