南宋 龍泉窰青釉蓮瓣紋蓋盌

the deep upright sides of the bowl carved with a broad band of overlapping petals with raised central ribs, the domed cover carved with overlapping petals radiating towards the everted rim from an applied central stem knop, both covered inside and out with a glaze of soft bluish-green (2)

There are several cracks to the glaze on the exterior, and two that go through the body, the longest 3 3/8 in., 8.6 cm. There are also two restored chips to the interior rim of the bowl. One side of the bowl with a 'smoked' patch. The cover with a chip to the interior, and a small firing crack to the edge.
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For related bowls and covers attributed to the Southern Song dynasty, and excavated in Liaoning from the Jinyucun Hoard, now in the Liaoning Museum, see Song Yun: Sichuan Yao Cang Wenwu Jicui [The Charm of Song: Cultural Artefacts from Hoards in Sichuan], Beijing, 2006, pp. 30-33.  See another related bowl and cover published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 1, 1994, no. 546; and another from the Muwen Tang collection and included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 63.