SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

Delicately potted cups and stands of this type were a very popular product of the Jingdezhen kilns in the Song dynasty and have been excavated from a number of Song dynasty tombs. A similar cup and stand excavated from a Northern Song tomb in the city of Nanchang in 1985 is discussed by Chen Baiquan, 'The Development of Song Dynasty Qingbai Wares from Jingdezhen', The Porcelains of Jingdezhen - Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No. 16, R. Scott (ed.), Percival David Foundation, London, 1993, p. 16, pl. 6. A pair of similar bowls and stands are in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 12, Song, Tokyo, 1977, no. 156, where they are dated to the 11th-12th century. The foot of the stand varies on the different examples, with the Falk stand having the most delicate, and most difficult to fire, foot.