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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
AN UNUSUAL JUNYAO LOBED WEIGHT
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Details
AN UNUSUAL JUNYAO LOBED WEIGHT
Song dynasty (960-1279)
Of slightly domed circular form, the hexagonally lobed sides flaring slightly towards the flat base below the scalloped edge of the flowerhead that encircles the central aperture, covered with a glaze of milky lavender-blue tone shading to mushroom on the edges, the unglazed base burnt pale brown in the firing
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) diam., box
Song dynasty (960-1279)
Of slightly domed circular form, the hexagonally lobed sides flaring slightly towards the flat base below the scalloped edge of the flowerhead that encircles the central aperture, covered with a glaze of milky lavender-blue tone shading to mushroom on the edges, the unglazed base burnt pale brown in the firing
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Carl Kempe Collection, no. 90.
Literature
B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 48, no. 90.