Lot Essay
Compare the Qingbai bowl from the Falk collection molded with similar floral scenes in the well, sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 101.
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Property from the Collection of Nathan L. Halpern
A QINGBAI MOLDED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
Details
A QINGBAI MOLDED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
With slightly rounded flared sides, the interior molded with a central scene of a bird perched in the branches of a blossoming plum tree surrounded by six panels, each containing different flowers issuing from a either a bottle vase or a jardinière with scroll-form feet, all below a keyfret border, and under a glaze of soft pale blue tone repeated on the exterior below the unglazed rim
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam, wood stand
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
With slightly rounded flared sides, the interior molded with a central scene of a bird perched in the branches of a blossoming plum tree surrounded by six panels, each containing different flowers issuing from a either a bottle vase or a jardinière with scroll-form feet, all below a keyfret border, and under a glaze of soft pale blue tone repeated on the exterior below the unglazed rim
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam, wood stand
Provenance
S. Marchant & Son, London.