A carved 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl

Northern Song / Jin dynasty 

北宋 / 金 耀州窰青釉刻花開光蓮紋盌

the gently rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, the interior carved with a lotus blossom viewed in profile within a quatrelobe cartouche, surrounded by scrolling foliage within a narrowly incised border, covered overall in an olive-green glaze, pooling in the recesses 

Diameter 7 ? in., 18.7 cm  

Vallin Galleries, Wilton.

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Vallin Galleries，威爾頓