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A GROUP OF EARLY WARES                          A SMALL MOULDED DINGYAO BOWL                      A HENAN RUSSET-SPLASHED BROWN-
Song to Yuan Dynasty                            Song/Jin Dynasty                                  GLAZED BOWL
Comprising: An impress-moulded qingbai          The small finely potted bowl with impress         Jin Dynasty
dish; a foliate qingbai dish; a conical Jian    moulded central flower head surrounded by         With rounded sides rising to a slightly inverted
ware ‘Hare’s Fur’ tea bowl; and an iron-glazed  radiating lobes enclosing further floral motifs,  rim, the interior covered with a rich lustrous
Henan handled jar. The largest: 19cm (7 1/2in)  the mouth rim bound with copper, raised on a      black glaze enriched with five streaked
wide (4).                                       small glazed foot.                                patches of caramel-brown, the exterior with
                                                12cm (4 3/4in) diam.                              a wide band of glazing ending irregularly to
£1,500 - 2,000                                                                                    expose the pale stoneware body above the
CNY13,000 - 17,000	 HK$15,000 - 20,000          £1,000 - 1,500                                    straight-cut foot, with box. 19.5cm (7 5/8in)
                                                CNY8,700 - 13,000	 HK$9,800 - 15,000              diam. (2).
Provenance
The qingbai foliate dish: R&D Coombes, 13                                                         £2,000 - 3,000
May 1985 (receipt)                                                                                CNY17,000 - 26,000	 HK$20,000 - 29,000
The qingbai moulded dish: Eric Hudes, 9 May
1988 (receipt)                                                                                    Provenance
The Jianyao bowl: R & D Coombes, 14 May                                                           An English private collection
1984 (receipt)
The Henan jar: Cynthia Walmsley, 15 May
1996 (receipt)

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