Carl Kempe White Glazed Lobed Bowl

A white glazed foliate bowl
Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127)
H: 8.2cm D: 20.7cm

Delicately formed and serenely elegant, this shallow bowl unfolds in six rounded, petal-like lobes, resting gracefully upon a straight footrim. The surface is cloaked in a luminous cream-toned glaze, its subtle network of fine crackles revealing the quiet poetry of time. Radiating the Song aesthetic of understated refinement. The footrim is unglazed exposing a grey body.

Provenance:
– Collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), no. 499.
– Illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 499. p.g. 156.