A RARE QINGBAI MOLDED OCTAGONAL BOTTLE, MEIPING

SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

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A RARE QINGBAI MOLDED OCTAGONAL BOTTLE, MEIPING
SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The facets of the tapering ovoid body finely molded with tall paired panels of lotus and peony alternating with paired panels of birds in flight amidst flowering stems, below smaller panels of flower sprigs, and all within vertical rib borders, the outer mouth rim also faceted, covered overall with a glaze of pale blue-green tone
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the Qingbai octagonal meiping with similar molded decoration illustrated in Porcelain Collected by Anhui Province Museum, Beijing, 2002, p. 78, no. 62; the example illustrated in China's Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages, Beijing, 1998, p. 226; and the pair of Qingbai meiping with matching covers sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 2.

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