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A QINGBAI ‘BOYS AND LOTUS’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
of conical form, the thinly-potted vessel with
wide flaring sides rising from a slightly tapered
foot to a gently everted hexalobed rim, the
interior with three boys each playfully grasping
the long sinuous stem of a leafing lush lotus
meander, the petals with furled edges and
freely incised with stylized wavy veins, applied
overall with a translucent lustrous pale bluish-
green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the
recesses, the glaze stopping neatly at the foot,
the unglazed base fired and buffed tone to a
burnt-orange at the center
Diameter 7⅛ in., 18.1 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

南宋 青白釉刻連生貴子紋花口盌

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