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A ‘QINGBAI’ MELON-FORM BOX AND COVER A ‘JUN’ DEEP BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
finely modeled as a stylized lobed melon, the cover with a the steep sides expanding from a narrow base and incurving
small finial in the shape of a truncated branchy stem, the slightly at the mouth, all under an unctuous light blue glaze
interiors and exteriors with a crisp clear blue glaze pooling transmuting to pale lavender and beige tones at the rim, the
to a deeper seafoam color in the grooves, the flat base footring unglazed revealing the burnt orange body
unglazed showing the fine white body (2) Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
Diameter 3 in., 7.5 cm
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Acquired prior to 2000.
Acquired prior to 2000. A similar bowl from the Linyushanren Collection was sold
at Christie’s New York, 12th September 2019, lot 1030. See
$ 3,000-5,000
another included in the exhibition Sung Ceramics, Idemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1979, cat. no. 66, and one illustrated
南宋 青白釉瓜棱式蓋盒 in Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol.
I, New York, 1970, pl. 48 (top center). A copper-splashed
來源： example is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
得於2000年之前 Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song
Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, vol. 32, 1996, pl. 225. For related
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bowls sold at auction, compare one sold in our London
rooms, 21st June 1983, lot 151, and another sold in our Hong
Kong rooms, 14th November 1983, lot 47.
$ 30,000-50,000
北宋 / 金 鈞窰天藍釉盌

來源：
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A SMALL CELADON-GLAZED MEIPING AND A SKY-BLUE GLAZED ‘JUN’ BOWL
STAND JIN DYNASTY
YUAN DYNASTY the broad rounded sides resting on a short foot, covered
the vase with a narrow base sweeping into broad rounded overall in an unctuous pale blue glaze draining to a
shoulders, surmounted by a cylindrical waisted neck and mushroom tone at the rim, the base similarly glazed, the
flared rim, the stool-form stand with a shaped apron pierced unglazed footring burnt russet brown
with three circular apertures and surmounted by a flat Diameter 7½ in., 19 cm
everted rim, the apron forming brackets between the four
tapering legs themselves resting on a circular stretcher PROVENANCE
supported by four ruyi-form feet, all covered in an unctuous Acquired prior to 2000.
pale olive-green glaze, the bases unglazed to reveal the buff The lustrous sky-blue glaze of this bowl is traditionally
gray body (2) considered to be the most desirable color for monochrome
Height of meiping 4¾ in., 12.1 cm Jun wares. One of the ‘Five Classic Wares’ (wu da yao) of the
Song dynasty (960-1279), Jun ware was much admired over
PROVENANCE the centuries by both Chinese and Western connoisseurs
Acquired prior to 2000. for the beautiful depth and intensity of its glaze, which
varies from a thick opaque sky-blue to brilliant mauves and
$ 8,000-12,000 lavenders.
A related bowl attributed to the Song or Jin dynasty is
元 青釉小梅瓶連座 illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pl. 387. For
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得於2000年之前 Le Cong Tang Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms 3rd
October 2017, lot 3; another sold in the same rooms 5th
June 2020, lot 356; and one sold in our London rooms 11th
May 2016, lot 204.
$ 20,000-30,000
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