YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A RARE LARGE QINGBAI CARVED VASE, MEIPING
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The elegantly-potted, high-shouldered vase is crisply carved with a band of four large peony blooms borne on a continuous, meandering leafy stem, between two molded bow-string bands. The tapering lower section is encircled by a band of upright lotus petals, and the shoulder is carved with a band of scrolls below the short, cylindrical neck. The vase is covered in a semi-translucent glaze of aquamarine tone pooling in the recessed areas, and stopping irregularly on three bow-string bands above the recessed foot.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, London, 2000.
Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

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Lot Essay

A very similar, slightly smaller (27.5 cm.), meiping is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, pp. 436-37, no. 200, and is also dated to the Yuan dynasty.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test, P114n10, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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