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623 A PAIR OF CARVED QINGBAI ‘FLORAL’
156 SOTHEBY’S BOWLS
SONG DYNASTY
each with the gently rounded sides rising at an angle from a
short tapered foot to a lobed rim, freely carved and combed to
the interior with undulating oral scrolls, covered overall with
a lustrous translucent bluish-white glaze, save for the base
partially glazed revealing the body burnt russet in the ring (2)
Diameter 7⅛ in., 18.1 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
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A BLACK-GLAZED ‘OIL-SPOT’ BOWL
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to
an inverted rim, covered overall with a mottled black glaze,
the interior with ve russet-spotted roundels against a ground
of further irregular metallic russet ‘oil-spots’, the glaze falling
short above the foot to reveal the bu -colored stoneware body
Diameter 7¼ in., 18.4 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
