This high bowl is thinly potted with five flaring lobed sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to a foliate rim. It is covered overall with pale greenish/grey glaze which turns thinner towards the foot. The base is also covered with thin, almost transparent glaze.
Period: Five Dynasties (907-960)
Size: Diameter 16.4 cm, height 7.5 cm
Condition: A few gold lacquer repairs to the outside rim, one hairline crack, also covered in lacquer gold, expected wear and minor firing flaws, glaze is in good condition and it gives a high clear tone when tapped with a finger.
Provenance: From an Irish private collection, The Arnhold Collection, by label
SKU: 125
References: There is a similar bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing illustrated in Yaozhou Wares From Museums and Art Institutes Around the World, Rose Kerr, 2021, plate 57. In the same book there are also two smaller bowls of the same type, both from Philadelphia Museum of Art (plate 55, 59).
Similar bowls were excavated at the Huangpu kiln-site and are illustrated in Excavations of the Five Dynasties period kiln-site at Huangpu in Tongchuan, Shaanxi, The Institute of Archaeology, Shaanxi Province, 1997, see drawing on page 62 and photo on plate XXVIII.
Several bowls of this shape and design have been sold at the major auctionhouses. See below for two examples sold by Christies:
Christies New York, March 2023
Christies Hong Kong, April 2017
