Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 2128
A CHINESE YAOZHOU 'PEONY' BOWL
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A CHINESE YAOZHOU 'PEONY' BOWL
SONG/YUAN DYNASTY
Covered with an olive-green glaze, suffused with a network of crackles, the interior carved with two lotus blooms and a lotus leaf to the centre, the unglazed base exposing the biscuit body, with a paper label for the South Africa National Gallery Chinese Exhibition 1953, no.123, 17cm.
Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent.
Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, Chinese Exhibition, 1953, no.123.