Carved Yaozhou bowl with peony design. Northern Song period. Small conical bowl rise from a small circular foot and culminate in a sharply upturned lip rim. The interior of this bowl features a carved and combed design of a single large peony blossom surrounded by foliage which is encircled by a single incised line. 14.5cm
Yaozhou lobed plate. Northern Song period. The walls of this bowl curve slightly outward and upward. Divided into six lobes by indentations in the sides. The base is covered with an olive-green glaze that has burned to a pale tan color on the foot. 17.5cm
Jizhou yao. Southern Song period. Light gray stoneware with tortoisehell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in gray glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji An, Jiangxi province. 11.2cm
Jianyao. Southern Song to Yuan period: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, decoration painted in overglaze gold or silver characters of Fu (luck), Shan (mountain) Shou (longevity) and Hai (sea). Jianyan county, Fujian. 10.5cm
Jin Dynasty. This bowl has a low foot, rounded sides and thicheded, lightly grooved band around the exterior of the lip. The interior is carved with a single lotus blossom and adjacent leaf flanked by curling scroll patterns. 17.8cm.
Red lacquer box. 19th century. Finely carved overall with phonix standing on a rock and facing the peonies. Decorated on the side with prunus branches enclosed within panels. 25.7cm x 6.8cm
Large Yaozhou Yuebai (moon white) plate. Jin period. Thick glazed and nice potted plate with elegant shape. The foot rim was unglazed revealing the body burnt russet-range in the firing. 19cm.
Extremely large carved Yaozhou Bowl. Early Northern Song period. One of the most beautiful carved Yaozhou large bowl sample. Robustly potted, supported on a short slightly splayed foot. The foot left unglazed revealing the body burnt russet-range in the firing. Due to the condition, this piece is for scholar and connoisseur of Yaozhou ware. 23.5cm.
