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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION

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A RARE QINGBAI ‘WILLOW BASKET’ JAR
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368)
PROVENANCE
The exterior is fnely incised with parallel lines forming concentric semi-circles Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
on two sides. A row of iron-spot bosses encircles the shoulder between two Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares; Sotheby’s London, 14 May
incised lines. The jar is covered inside and out with a glaze of even pale blue 2008, lot 317.
color that ends in an irregular line around the unglazed, fat base which has
burnt pale orange in the fring. EXHIBITED
Ulricehamn, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn,
3¿ in. (8 cm.) diam. Chinese Ceramic Treasures: a selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum,
including The Carl Kempe Collection, 2002.
$8,000-12,000
LITERATURE
E. Engel, Chinese Ceramic Treasures: a selection from Ulricehamn East Asian
Museum, including The Carl Kempe Collection, vol. 1, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl.76.
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