A YAOZHOU 'BOYS' BOWL AND AN ANNAMESE OLIVE-GLAZED 'BOYS' BOWL Jin Dynasty and Vietnam, 13th/14th century The Yaozhou bowl of conical-form, moulded to the interior with a pattern of two dancing boys, each grasping scrolling floral branches bearing a flower on either side, covered in a lustrous olive-green glaze; the olive-glazed 'boys' bowl decorated with two boys framed by foliage and two large flowerheads. The Yaozhou bowl 13cm (5 1/8in) diam., the Annamese bowl 16.5cm diam. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 金及越南 十三/十四世紀 耀州童子紋盌及安南綠釉童子紋盌 Provenance Acquired in the year 2000 (the Yaozhou bowl) Acquired from Knapton & Rasti Asian Art Ltd., London, March 2003 (collector's notes) (the Annamese bowl) Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, London, 2009, p.35 no.68 (the Annamese bowl) Museum of East Asian Art, Chinese Ceramics and the Early Modern World, Bath, 2010, nos. 45 and 46 (exhibited) Published, Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House Collection, vol.2, n.p., 2021, p.191(a and b) The 'boys' motif seen on both bowls signifies the innocence and purity of children as well as fertility and abundance for the family lineage. The patterns would have been produced by moulds which were imported from China to Vietnam, facilitating the production of similar styles. Distinctive on Vietnamese bowls interiors though are five spur marks, reflective of Vietnamese kiln stacking techniques. See a comparable Annamese bowl with floral motifs, 13th-14th century, on view at the Birmingham Museum of Art, AFI.150.2010. See a related Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song dynasty, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 9th October 2014, lot 101. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing