INCISED QINGBAI 'FLORAL' CONICAL BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY
南宋至元 青白釉刻花卉紋葵口斗笠碗thinly potted on a short foot with gently notched rim, carved freely to the interior of stylised floral foliage, covered all over with a translucent bluish-green glaze save for the foot rim and part of the base revealing the burnt orange body and marked in black ink a Chinese character ‘five’
19.4cm diameter 
Private Scottish collection, Scottish Borders. The owner had an enduring friendship with Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023), a lifelong Asian art collector and a significant part of whose collection was sold in this saleroom, 3 November 2023, lot 1-95. Dr Lawley was close to the collection offered in this sale, indeed some of the items came directly from him. He would share his research, his catalogue, and his admiration of these items with the owner, as a natural consequence of their friendship. By repute acquired from Dr Kenneth Lawley, who acquired from David Bowden, 4 March 2006, with an original receipt.