A CHINESE YAOZHOU BOWL

A CHINESE YAOZHOU BOWL
SONG DYNASTY

The deep conical body covered in a lustrous olive-green glaze, raised on a short unglazed foot, with a paper label reading 'BM/OCS 1997 Oriental Green Wares Exhibition, no.67', 10.6cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The British Museum & The Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Green Wares,1997, no,67.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), p.135, fig.121 for a similar bowl.