A fine Chinese Yaozhou celadon 'waves' carved dish, Northern Song dynasty
北宋 耀州青釉刻花小盤

The finely potted dish of shallow form, the interior carved and combed with turbulent waves, the exterior decorated with a single incised line, covered overall with an attractive olive-green glaze, stopping neatly in a circle around the base exposing the body, together with a Japanese wood box and cover (tomobako)

(Quantity:3)

Dimensions: 12.5cm diameter

From a Japanese private collection, purchased in Tokyo, 1986;

Sotheby's, New York, 18 March 2017, lot 1368;

Santos Collection

來源：

日本私人收藏，1986年購於東京；

紐約蘇富比，2017年3月18日，拍品編號1368；

桑托斯收藏

This present dish is also illustrated in Santos, A. Varela. Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 2018/2019. cat. 9

Please refer to an identical dish housed in the Kyoto National Museum, museum no. GK604 and another illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pl. 420.

For examples sold at auction, please refer to; one from the legacy of Hirano Kotoken sold at Sotheby's, 8 April 2023, lot 3715; another from the collection of Charlotte Horstman, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 16 September 2017, 962; another from the Linyushanren collection, sold at Christie's, New York, 15 September 2016, lot 702: another at Christie's, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 535; another at Christie's, Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3274