SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

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A RARE QINGBAI LOTUS-FORM BOWL, COVER AND STAND
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The rounded conical bowl is carved on the exterior with fine radiating lines rising to a band of small raised dots in imitation of stamen, and the slightly domed cover is molded in the shape of a mature lotus pod. The stand with wide flared sides is carved inside and out with overlapping lotus petals, and decorated in the recessed center with a lotus flower. All are covered with a pale blue glaze.
5 ½ (20.6 cm.) diam.

Provenance

China Gallery, New York, 4 March 2005.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.

Lot Essay

A very similar lotus-form bowl, cover, and stand from the Meiyintang Collection in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, is illustrated by R, Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 1, p. 316, no. 591. The Meiyintang bowl has a combination of lotus petals and stamen on the exterior. Compare, also, a qingbai bowl and cover with similar incised line decoration on the sides, illustrated in The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, no. 1.

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