Lot 227
227
AN UNUSUAL SMALL QINGBAI BASKET-MOULDED CUP
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL QINGBAI BASKET-MOULDED CUP

SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL QINGBAI BASKET-MOULDED CUP
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The cup is potted with deep rounded sides, moulded as a basket with short straight mouth. It is covered overall with a pale glaze of faint greenish tone, and the base has three spur marks.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide.
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 6 July 1976, lot 102.
The Edward T. Chow Collection, Part Two; Sotheby's London, 16 December 1980, lot 283.
The Y. C. Chen Collection.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Compare the Xingyao cup of the same form found at Qinghexian, illustrated in the Kempe Collection, catalogue no. 354; another in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, illustrated in the Museum Bulletin, 1963, pl. 2; and one from the Gure Collection included in the Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition, 'The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty', 1955, catalogue no. 227. Compare also the qingbai cup with similar design from the collection of Mrs. Alfred Clark, sold Sotheby's London, 25 March 1975, lot 73.

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