NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, EARLY 12TH CENTURY

Three Qingbai bowls with similar carved decoration, thought to have been produced at the Nanfeng kilns in Jingdezhen, were recovered from a tomb dated to 1108, along with eighteen other qingbai wares. See Chen Dingrong, 'Jiangxi Jinxi Song Sun Dalang mu', Wenwu, 1990:9, p. 15, fig. 2:3 and p. 16, no. 5. Two other qingbai bowls of similar shape and with similar designs include one in the Carl Kempe Collection and one in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, both illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, vol. II, Stockholm, 1970, pls. 13a and 13b, respectively.