**Originally Listed At $450**

East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1279 CE. An impressive ensemble of three wheel-thrown pottery bowls, uniquely featuring natural shell and barnacle embellishments from centuries spent on the ocean floor. Each of these fine vessels is set on a ring-shaped foot with thin walls that spread outwards to a wide, annular rim over a shallow basin. Enveloped in lovely shades of pale sage, these ancient vessels all exhibit gorgeous natural splattering of cream-hued barnacles, seashells, and ocean deposits. One of the bowls, which showcases a gently flared rim, still boasts a light flower motif in its center. Size of largest: 6.875" in diameter x 2.5" H (17.5 cm x 6.4 cm)

Provenance: ex-van Dies estate, Maui, Hawaii, USA, acquired before 2000

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All display expected chips to rims with pitting to exteriors and minor abraded areas to interiors, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice sodium deposits, maritime sea growths, and lovely age cracks to glaze.