SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

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A RARE QINGBAI OCTAGONAL ‘PRUNUS’ MEIPING AND COVER
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Both the vase and cover are of conforming octagonal shape and each facet is relief moulded with a prunus spray. The glaze of pale blue tone.
7 1⁄4 in. (18.5 cm.) high, box

Exhibited

University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, The Multiplicity of Simplicity - Monochrome wares from the Song to the Yuan dynasties, 2012, no. 15

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Lot Essay

Comparable qingbai octagonal vases with similar moulded decoration include one illustrated in Porcelain Collected by Anhui Province Museum, Beijing, 2002, p. 78, no. 62; the vase illustrated in China’s Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages, Beijing, 1998, p. 226; the example sold at Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 234; and another from Linyushanren Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 728.

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