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SONG DYNASTY, 12TH 13TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF CHINESE QINGBAI POTTERY PHOENIX-FORM COVERS FOR VASES AND A CIZHOU POTTERY LAMP
SONG DYNASTY, 12TH 13TH CENTURY
Each conical form moulded with a long-beaked bird-form finial above a ribbed high dome applied with four loops at the circular rim, covered in a blue-tinged thin glaze; the Cizhou oil lamp with cylindrical sides sgraffiato-decorated with scrolling foliage, beneath a broad everted rim; together with a pair of turquoise and aubergine-glazed pottery figures of officials, Ming Dynasty, each modelled standing on a stepped lotus base
the covers 7 in. (19.6 cm.) high (5)
SONG DYNASTY, 12TH 13TH CENTURY
Each conical form moulded with a long-beaked bird-form finial above a ribbed high dome applied with four loops at the circular rim, covered in a blue-tinged thin glaze; the Cizhou oil lamp with cylindrical sides sgraffiato-decorated with scrolling foliage, beneath a broad everted rim; together with a pair of turquoise and aubergine-glazed pottery figures of officials, Ming Dynasty, each modelled standing on a stepped lotus base
the covers 7 in. (19.6 cm.) high (5)
Provenance
sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1-2 May, 1952, lot 307 (the vase covers).