SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

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AN IMPORTANT QINGBAI LOBED EWER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The body is potted with eight vertical lobes that rise to incised horizontal bands at the base of the trumpet neck, above a straight ring foot. It is applied with a strap handle attached on top with a small loop. It is covered overall with a transparent crackled glaze of creamy white tone with the exception of the base, revealing the white body.
9. 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Provenance

Former collection of Hozumi Shigetaka (1893-1959), a Japanese lawyer active in the early 20th century

Exhibited

Tokyo National Museum, Art of Song – Yuan dynasty, Tokyo, 1961, catalogue no. 235
Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, Sosogu Utsuwa, 1986, catalogue no. 83

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Lot Essay

The current ewer was registered as an Important Art Object in Japan in 1941, and was de-registered on 23 July 2019 to permit the export of this vessel.

A very similar qingbai ewer, also with a lobed body but with a flat base instead of ring foot, and a cover, is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, no. 27.

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