NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A QINGBAI FLOWER-FORM BOWL
Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
With slightly rounded sides flaring widely to the petal-cut rim corresponding to the six petals of the fluidly carved and combed flowerhead that swirls outward from the center, covered inside and out with a pale blue glaze pooling to a slightly darker tone on the slightly tapered ring foot, the base unglazed
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar bowl from the collection of J. C. Thomson included in the O.C.S. exhibition, The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London, 16 June-23 July 1960, pl. 75, no. 216. See, also, the slightly deeper Qingbai bowl carved with the same design, illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, no. 430.

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