Lot Essay
A larger ink palette of this form is illustrated by G. Tsang and H. Moss in the exhibition catalogue, Arts of the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no. 202.
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SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 12TH-14TH CENTURY
Details
A Small Qingbai Lobed Jar
Song/Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century
The globular jar molded with six double lobes separated by slender ribs, the center of the cover molded as a six-petaled flowerhead, with six small foliate sprays at the petal-barbed rim, covered with a transparent glaze of pale blue-green tone; together with a small circular ink palette, Tang dynasty, the central unglazed grinding surface encircled by a narrow circular well, the openwork apron formed by sixteen short legs attached to a ring, the glaze of pale blue tone
Jar 3in. (7.6cm.) across; ink palette 2½in. (6.3cm) diam. (2)
Song/Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century
The globular jar molded with six double lobes separated by slender ribs, the center of the cover molded as a six-petaled flowerhead, with six small foliate sprays at the petal-barbed rim, covered with a transparent glaze of pale blue-green tone; together with a small circular ink palette, Tang dynasty, the central unglazed grinding surface encircled by a narrow circular well, the openwork apron formed by sixteen short legs attached to a ring, the glaze of pale blue tone
Jar 3in. (7.6cm.) across; ink palette 2½in. (6.3cm) diam. (2)
Provenance
Jar: Mathias Komor, New York.