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THREE QINGBAI BOWLS                                                         A SMALL SELECTION OF MONOCHROME DISHES AND BOWLS
Song Dynasty and later                                                      Song/Jin Dynasty and later
Comprising: a very large conical bowl resting on a high circular foot       Comprising: a small white ware dish with lipped rim and bevelled foot,
rim, carved to the interior with fish amongst waves and covered overall     moulded to the interior with a floral medallion encircled by a lappet
in a thin pale glaze; a smaller conical bowl rising from a short lipped     band, covered overall in a creamy white glaze stopping short of the
foot to an unglazed rim and moulded to the interior with phoenix and        foot; a small bevelled dish decorated to the exterior with a horizontal
lotus; and a small deep dish carved to the centre with a stylised floral    incised rib, covered overall in a thick, crackled ivory-white glaze; a
motif.                                                                      carved Qingbai bowl with unglazed rim; and two further carved and
The largest: 27.5cm (11 3/4in) diam. (3).                                   moulded qingbai-type bowls.
                                                                            The first: 12.5cm (4 7/8in) diam. (5).
£600 - 800
CNY5,800 - 7,700                                                            £500 - 800
HK$7,100 - 9,400                                                            CNY4,800 - 7,700
                                                                            HK$5,900 - 9,400
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A QINGBAI CARVED CONICAL ‘BOYS AND PEONY’ BOWL                              131
Southern Song Dynasty                                                       A YIXING STONEWARE OVIFORM JAR AND COVER
Thinly potted and set on a short circular rim, carved to the interior with  Kangxi seal mark, 20th century
two boys amongst meandering peonies; together with a small shallow          The double-walled globular vessel decorated in openwork with foliate
bowl moulded to the interior with flowering peonies encircled by a triple   panels and carved in low relief with pastoral village scenes, the lid with
band of lotus lappets to the well, Song Dynasty.                            a cloud border and a flattened knop, two impressed marks to interior,
The largest: 20.5cm (8in) diam. (2).                                        the base with an impressed archaistic seal mark.
                                                                            17cm (6 3/4in) wide (2).
£600 - 800
CNY5,800 - 7,700                                                            £600 - 1,000
HK$7,100 - 9,400                                                            CNY5,800 - 9,700
                                                                            HK$7,100 - 12,000

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