A FINE AND RARE GUANYAO MALLOW-SHAPED DISH

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A FINE AND RARE GUANYAO MALLOW-SHAPED DISH
SONG DYNASTY

The short sides rising to everted mouthrims of six-lobed petal form, supported on a short tapered foot, the footring applied with a brown-wash, the unctuous glaze of soft celadon tone, thinning on the mouthrim and with a characteristic network of crackles
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

The Lord Cunliffe Collection, no. 3

Lot Essay

Two closely related examples in the Palace Museum, Beijing, are illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty - Part II, p. 33, pl. 28, a glaze of bluish tone (12.5 cm. diam.); and p. 34, pl. 29, with glaze of a light grey colour (16.6 cm. diam.).

Compare also the form with a Geyao six-lobed dish, from the E. T. Chow collection, sold in London, 16 December 1980, lot 296, which has a glaze with a denser network of crackles.

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