A large Yaozhou conical bowl, Northern Song (960-1127), with 6 slip-decorated ribs on the interior, covered in a good pale green glaze, Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province. 8 cm height; 20.2 cm diameter. A Yaozhou bowl with similar size and shape was sold in Sotheby's London, 18/03/2008, lot 263. For two similar bowls see Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramic Treasures: A selection from the Ulricehamn East Asia Museum, including the Carl Kempe collection, Cat.no.50, pp150-151. And also see Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Science press, 2008, Vol.15, Cat.138, p.138. Provenance: Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, Holland.Ceramic Treasures: A selection from the Ulricehamn East Asia Museum, including the Carl Kempe collection