A Moulded Yaozhou Chrysanthemum Bowl, Northern Song dynasty the almost conical interior with a crisply moulded meander of blooms and scrollwork, around a central flowerhead, beneath a good green glaze of olive tone, the exterior with vertical incised fluting, W:21cm., with 2cm square old repair inner rim, smaller on exterior. The very crackled glaze obscures the condition, but there are at least 2 cracks under uv, each at least 4cm long