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27. A Qingbai Glazed P orcelain Vase W ith F oliate Rim
Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1279)

with complex baluster body divided into ten vertical lobes decorated with incised wavy lines above
a triple-line incised border and raised on a high hollow flaring foot pierced with three ruyi-shaped
apertures in panels divided by notches at the footrim, the short neck rising to a wide mouth with
flaring rim divided into ten petal-lobes by threads of slip on the interior, the lip rim rolled down
to an undulating scallop-edged lip, covered inside and out with a glossy translucent glaze of pale
bluish tone, the unglazed base with brown mottling and grit from the kiln support.
Height 5 ⁄8 inches (12.9 cm)
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A Qingbai glazed vase of similar form but with plain body is illustrated by Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics Bronzes and Jades
in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, no. C. 18, pl. 112c, with caption on p.112. The same vase was
previously exhibited at Burlington House in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no. 433; in the OCS
exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares: Ting, Ying-ch’ing and Tz’u-chou, London, 1949, no. 37 (not illustrated); and in Mostra d’Arte
Cinese (Exhibition of Chinese Art), Venice, 1954, no. 560.
Compare also the Qingbai glazed vase of similar form but without the foliate rim, carved with foliate motifs on the simple
rounded body, illustrated by Zhao (ed.) in Chai yao yu Hutian yao (Chai Kiln and Hutian Kiln), Nanning, 2004, p. 113, described
as Hutian ware.

宋 青白瓜稜荷葉口瓶 高 12.9 厘米