A RARE CARVED QINGBAI MEIPING

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

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A RARE CARVED QINGBAI MEIPING
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
The tapering ovoid body carved with three six-lobed medallions enclosing peony sprigs reserved on a rouletted ground, separated by small foliate scrolls, all between cloud collar-like borders above and below, covered with a glaze of pale blue tone continuing over the lipped rim
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 14 February 1989.

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Lot Essay

The carved decoration on this meiping is very rare. However, a qingbai meiping of Southern Song date, carved with similar decoration, is illustrated in the catalogue for the exhibition, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, Japan, 1992, p. 59, no. 50.

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