A CARVED CELADON 'LOTUS' BOWL AND A CELADON-GLAZED HANDWARMER Northern Song Dynasty The bowl with foliate rim, carved around the exterior with six upright petals with a central rib, covered overall in a grey-green glaze; the handwarmer of compressed circular form, finely incised to the body with decorative designs, with a shaped aperture, surmounted by a mouse-form finial, covered in a pale olive green glaze. The bowl: 8.6cm (3 3/8in) wide. (2). Footnotes: 北宋 青釉花口盌及青釉暖手爐 Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Ekolsund (label) Sotheby's London, 5th November 2008, lot 531 (part) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, March 2009 (the handwarmer)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, no.22, p.30 (the handwarmer) Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) was a prominent Swedish industrialist who served as the CEO of Mo och Domsjö AB, a leading company in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Dr. Kempe resided at Ekolsund, a historic former Swedish royal palace, where he also maintained his distinguished art collection. As an early and active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he amassed one of the finest European collections of Chinese art assembled in the mid-twentieth century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing