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A CARVED QINGBAI `BOYS’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl has deep rounded sides and is carved on
the interior with two boys playing amidst flower
scrolls and is covered overall with a transparent
pale blue glaze.
8 in. (20.3 cm.), Japanese wood box

$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Kaikodo, New York.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 2000.
LITERATURE:
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Autumn 2000, no. 13.

南宋 青白釉刻嬰戲紋盌
來源:
懷古堂, 紐約
展覽:
紐約, 懷古堂, 2000年
出版:
《懷古堂》期刊, 紐約, 2000年秋季, 編號13

1086
1085 AN INCISED QINGBAI `FISH' BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH
CENTURY
The thinly potted bowl has conical sides rising to
the rim carefully notched at six points along the
edge. The interior is incised with two fish and a 1087
lotus blossom amidst waves. The bowl is covered AN INCISED SLIP-DECORATED RUYI-SHAPED PILLOW ٫宋ǎ十ˏ 十̣ˠ紀׀ǎ白ঃ黑花חḰ丹紋如意形枕
inside and out with a pale blue-tinged glaze. NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-EARLY 12TH CENTURY Ϝ源
7√ in. (19.9 cm.) diam., cloth box The top is incised thorugh the white slip to a dark grey slip ground with a leafy 懷۵ਕ
紐☼
peony stem reserved on a ring-punch ground within a double-line border. The
$8,000-12,000 pillow is covered with a faintly crackled colorless glaze that stops at the base 展覽
to reveal the buff-colored stoneware body. 紐☼
懷۵ਕ
年
PROVENANCE:
11q in. (29.2 cm.) long ֨ḛ
Kaikodo, New York.
Ǘ懷۵ਕǘ期ֵ
紐☼
年春季
編號
EXHIBITED: $15,000-25,000
New York, Kaikodo, 1998. 此器經Ḫ津熱釋Բ測年法測ぜ 測ぜ編號1 D
，ㄗ實與本圖錄̃斷代ⓡ合
PROVENANCE:
LITERATURE: Kaikodo, New York.
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Autumn 1998, no. 63.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 2009.
It is rare to find fish used in the designs of incised
qingbai wares. A qingbai bowl incised with a pair
LITERATURE:
of fish on a combed wave ground, in the Palace Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2009, no. 14.
Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Song Yuan
Qingbai ci, Tokyo and Shanghai, 1984, figs. 106
and 107. The top of this pillow is of ruyi ‘wish-granting’ shape. The ruyi shape is combination of all these elements thus suggest the phrase fugui wandai, or
based on a stylized form of the lingzhi fungus, which was believed to be able 'may wealth and rank continue for ten thousand generations'.
to prolong life, ward off evil and ensure the vigor of its possessor.
南宋 十二世紀 青白釉刻魚紋葵口盌 For another ruyi-shaped pillow with peony decoration, see the Northern
來源: The peony flower has traditionally been associated with royalty, having been Song pillow attributed to the Xiaguan kiln in Mixian, Henan province, in
cultivated in the imperial gardens as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Museum of the Western Han Tomb of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou,
懷古堂, 紐約
and thus is often called the 'king of flowers'. One of the many names given illustrated in Chinese Ceramics Pillow: The Mr. & Mrs. Yueng Wing Tak Gift,
展覽: to the peony in Chinese is fuguihua, or 'flower of wealth and honor', which Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 54.
comes from the writings of the famous Song dynasty philosopher Zhou
紐約, 懷古堂, 1998年
Dunyi (1017-73). The fact that the peony on the present pillow is shown The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test number
出版: borne on a meandering vine-like stem is significant. One of the Chinese P208c71 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
《懷古堂》期刊, 紐約, 1998年秋季, 編號63 words for ‘vine’ is man, which is a pun for wan, meaning ‘ten thousand’. The
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