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634 PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
162 SOTHEBY’S
A QINGBAI CARVED FOLIATE-RIM
BOWL
SONG DYNASTY

the ared sides rising to a six-lobed rim, freely
carved to the interior with a lotus owers issuing
from a leafy stem, on a rouletted ground below
a line border, covered overall with a translucent
pale blue-tinted glazed pooling to darker tones
within the recesses, wood stand (2)
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Bluett & Sons, London.

$ 8,000-12,000

Bluett Sons

634

A QINGBAI FOLIATE CUP AND
STAND
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the vessel with shallow rounded sides ending in
a delicately everted hexalobed rim, supported
on a short splayed foot, the conforming stand
with a central stepped and raised ring enclosed
within a wide rounded cavetto and gently lipped
rim, all resting on a splayed base formed from six
lappets, each pierced with a central trefoil motif,
both applied with a transparent glaze, slightly
tinged to greenish-blue, the base left unglazed
revealing the white body burnt orange in the ring
(2)
Diameter of cup 4 in., 10.2 cm;
stand 6 in., 15.2 cm
A very similar cup and stand from the Yang De
Tang Collection was sold in these room, 17th
March 2015, lot 104.

$ 3,000-5,000