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A Yueyao bowl, early Northern song. This bowl has an incised…
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A Yueyao bowl, early Northern song. This bowl has an incised Chinese character ' chi ' (= happiness or prosperity) in the well, with a carved and combed swirling decoration on the inside and a grouped linear carving on the outside. A fine brown-staining crackle shows in the yellowish-green glaze which extends unevenly to the foot. Presumably, it was the glaze, rather than the grey clay body, which contained the iron which stained the crackle. Where the glaze has not quite reached the foot the saw-tooth carving of the clay decoration (as is particularly common in Yaozhou wares) can be clearly seen. There are three hairline rim cracks. Two cracks have been restored. The footring is broad and flared, it has been knife-cut and since there are residual serrations on one part of the footrim perhaps a similar serrated instrument as that used to cut the footring was used by the potter to incise the combed decoration. The mark in the center of the base might be a sign of the kiln where this piece was fired. It was made in Zhejiang Province. Provenance: The Dr. Francis De Hamel collection, height 6 cm, depth 24 cm
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