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A RARE SMALL QINGBAI 'PHOENIX' A RARE QINGBAI CENSER WITH ٫宋ǎ青白鏤⑤花卉紋香薰
WATER DROPPER RETICULATED COVER
Ϝ源
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279) NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
The lobed, tapering ovoid body is raised on a splayed foot and surmounted by a The censer has a rounded bowl that is raised on a tall splayed foot. The reticulated
large phoenix head supported on a ribbed neck. The shoulder is set with a strap domed cover is molded with leafy scroll with four prominent fronds. Both censer
handle opposite the short, curved spout, and the vessel is covered overall with a and cover are covered overall with a translucent glaze of pale bluish-green tone.
pale blue glaze.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
4q in. (11.4 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$12,000-18,000
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE: Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
A qingbai censer with an openwork cover molded with similar leafy scroll, dated

to the Northern Song dynasty, was excavated from the Baozhi Pagoda in Linggu
南宋ǎ青白釉小鳳首ૐ Temple, Nanjing city, and is now in the collection of the Nanjing City Museum.
See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji – 7 – Jiangsu Shanghai (Complete Collection of
Ϝ源 Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol. 7, Beijing, 2008, no. 112. Another qingbai
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本 censer with an openwork cover molded with chrysanthemum design, also dated
867 to the Northern Song dynasty, is illustrated ibid., p. 111.
(detail of cover)

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A CARVED QINGBAI 'BOYS' BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The thinly potted bowl is carved on the interior with two
boys amidst peony scroll and covered overall with a pale
bluish-green glaze.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

南宋ǎ青白釉ח嬰戲紋盌
Ϝ源
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本

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