A RARE YAOZHOU CELADON CARVED MINIATURE MEIPING

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A RARE YAOZHOU CELADON CARVED MINIATURE MEIPING
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The exterior of the ovoid body carved overall with scrolling peony above overlapping upright petals around the base, all under an olive- green celadon glaze (old rim chip restored)
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Miniature meiping of this type are extremely rare. The finely carved and combed floral scrolls can be compared to those on a larger meiping in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated by Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, fig. 139.

(US$3,000-4,000)

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