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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1040
A CARVED QINGBAI SHALLOW ‘BOYS’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is thinly potted with slightly rounded conical sides and carved on the interior with two almost
hidden fgures of boys tumbling amidst large peony blossoms, and covered overall with a glossy,
translucent glaze of pale-blue color except for an unglazed circle on the base.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$7,000-9,000
Jan Wirgin, in Sung Ceramic Design, London, 1979, pp. 179-81, speculates that the motif depicting boys
amidst foral scroll was infuenced by Indian cave art and the Tang dynasty Buddhist motif of reborn
souls shown on lotus fowers. By the Song dynasty, the motif became immensely popular and was
thought to suggest fertility and abundance, and was found on objects in a variety of mediums including
silver, bronze, textile and jade, and at ceramic kilns including Yaozhou and Ding.
南宋 青白釉刻娃娃紋斗笠盌
