A Rare Miniature Qingbai Ewer and Warming Bowl

SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A Rare Miniature Qingbai Ewer and Warming Bowl
Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
The globular ewer, with tall cylindrical neck, loop handle and curved spout, the bowl raised on a tall spreading foot, the deep sides carved as six petal lobes rising to a barbed rim, the ewer and bowl covered with a transparent glaze of pale blue tone
Ewer 2in. (5.1cm.) high; bowl 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) diam.
Falk Collection no. 304.

Lot Essay

It appears that no other similar miniature qingbai ewer and warming bowl have been published.

For larger qingbai ewers and warming bowls, see The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1952, p. 96, no. 380, and Chugoku no Toji, Tokyo, 1994, pl. 160.

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