A QINGBAI STEM CUP AND STAND

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A QINGBAI STEM CUP AND STAND
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The rounded cup raised on a spreading pedestal foot, the stand in the form of a dish with everted rim raised on a broad, flared pedestal foot and centered by a raised platform shaped like an inverted cup, both covered in a clear glaze of pale aqua tone except for the base of the cup and base of the stand which has a central aperture; together with a qingbai molded bowl, Southern Song dynasty, with rounded sides, the interior molded in the center with a prunus branch and crescent moon above waves that reflect the moon, and below the 'Flowers of the Four Seasons'
Cup and stand 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high overall; bowl 7½ in. (19 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Stem cup and stand: Kaikodo, New York.

Literature

Bowl: J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 44.

Lot Essay

A very similar cup and stand in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R. Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p. 99, pl. 99 (right), and another example excavated in 1965 in Nancheng county, dated to 1057, is illustrated by Peng Shifan (ed.), Dated Qingbai Wares of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 45, no. 13.

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