南朝 五世紀 青釉蓮瓣紋大盌

the heavily potted bowl rising from a straight foot to deep rounded sides with a groove below the rim, the sides incised with upright lotus lappets, covered overall with a yellowish-green glaze suffused with crackles stopping unevenly at the foot to reveal the pale gray body burnt orange during the firing

The bowl is in overall good condition. There are scattered glaze chips to the interior and exterior, with larger chips around the foot.
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See a closely related bowl of similar form and size, excavated in 2002 from Tomb M8 dated 439, Hubei province, published in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2008, vol. 13, pl. 50.