A Yaozhou ovoid bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), of elegant form, covered in a fine pale green translucent glaze. 8 cm high; 14.5 cm diameter at the mouth. A Yaozhou bowl with similar shape but carved lotus petals decoration on the exterior was sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24/11/2014, lot 01011. . Provenance: Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, Holland. Literature: The Institute of Archeology, Shaanxi Province & The Yaozhou Museum, The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Dynasty, 1998, plate 20, no.2.Oriental Art