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A QINGBAI EWER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

of globular form rising to a short cylindrical neck
with two raised bands, a short tapered spout
opposite the upright handle, decorated overall
with incised swirling lines applied with a three-
tooth comb, a band of incised angled lines around
the neck, covered with a sea-green glaze save
for the biscuit base red to a warm tan color,
Japanese wood box (2)
Diameter 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm

$ 6,000-8,000

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638 PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
164 SOTHEBY’S
TWO QINGBAI BOWLS
SONG DYNASTY

one with thin rounded sides terminating in an
unglazed rim, carved to the center well with a
foliate spray covered with a translucent pale blue
glaze, the second with shallower sides and raised
on a splayed pedestal foot, applied with a pale
blue glaze; together with a thin-walled foliate
rim conical bowl, Yaozhou kilns, Northern Song
dynasty, the pale gray body covered with a pale
bluish-gray glaze stopping short of the unglazed
foot (3)
Largest Diameter 5 in., 12.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron
S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.
Christie’s New York, 21st September 2001,
lot 464.

$ 3,000-5,000

Pauline B 1910 2000 Myron S 1906 1992
Falk Jr 464

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