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20. HEXAFOIL FLUTED YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL
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The sharply flaring, floral sides are very thinly potted. The glaze has a light, silvery olive tone. The lobes are very sharply and evenly divided through the entire shape in a manner rarely found in Yaozhou wares of the period, where floral forms are usually gently shaped only at the rim. This form is very likely derived from silver or gold vessels of the period. Two closely related examples are published in The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, exhibition catalogue nos. 26 and 27. A pentafoil example in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, is illustrated by Brian McElney, Inaugural Exhibition, vol. 1, Chinese Ceramics, catalogue no. 51. A pair of bowls were included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics, Enlightening through Beauty, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, Tokyo, 2006, catalogue no. 13. In general, bowls and dishes with sharply lobed, fluted sides are dated between the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty. These all appear to be thinly potted with a lighter, more silvery colour than what we associate with the classic carved Yaozhou celadons. |
