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A RARE CHINESE YAOZHOU 'MOON-WHITE'GLAZE FLORAL-FORM DEEP BOWL, FIVE DYNASTIES (907 - 960)
The bowl is crisply and delicately potted as a flower head within five petals, covered overall with a pale olive-green glaze. With a fitted box.

The form and glaze colour of the present bowl were inspired by the famous "mi se" (secret colour) bowls produced at the contemporaneous Yue kilns. A similar floral-form bowl is illustrated in Beauty & Entirety - Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from The Palace Museum, Museum of Art in Macau, 2012, plate no. 99.
18cm diameter

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Overall in good condition.


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Capital Gallery Hong Kong.
A private collection, Sydney.

Important Chinese & Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8825
11:00am - 25 October 2026
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Thurs 22 - Sat 24 October, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Luke Guan
luke.guan@leonardjoel.com.au


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