Lot Essay
Compare the similar qingbai dish sold at Sotheby's London, 17 April 1985, lot 170 (part).
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SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
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AN UNUSUAL QINGBAI 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' DISH
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
The shallow dish has widely flared sides that rise to the shallow, scalloped sides, and is incised in the center with a flower sprig within a double circle, and relief-decorated with lotus flowers amidst scrolls on the everted rim with scalloped edge. The dish is covered overall with a pale aqua-blue glaze that pools in the recesses and stops neatly at the unglazed base.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
The shallow dish has widely flared sides that rise to the shallow, scalloped sides, and is incised in the center with a flower sprig within a double circle, and relief-decorated with lotus flowers amidst scrolls on the everted rim with scalloped edge. The dish is covered overall with a pale aqua-blue glaze that pools in the recesses and stops neatly at the unglazed base.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box