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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION The form of this ewer may be compared to the Qingbai ewer (20 cm. high),
(LOTS 6-10 AND LOT 156) without its cover, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, C.112-1929, illustrated
in Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Ed.
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Stacey Pierson, London, 2002, p.122, no. 62, and also to the Qingbai ewer
A QINGBAI EWER AND COVER AND A QINGBAI FOLIATE BOWL (16.5 cm. high) in the British Museum, 1973.7-26.342, also with no cover,
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127 AD)
illustrated in the same publication, p. 121, no. 61, where the author writes that
The ewer has an eight lobed body rising to a tall faring neck, the strap handle the form is known from the Tang dynasty (618-907).
and cover both have loops for attachment. The lobed bowl has a foliate rim and
is supported on a short foot.
The ewer, 6√ in. (17.5 cm). high (2)
北宋 青白釉執壺及碗
£5,000-8,000 US$6,300-10,000 來源:
€5,700-9,000
英國私人珍藏
執壺: 香港聯齋古玩店, 2000年8月23日
PROVENANCE:
The ewer: With Luen Chai Curios Store, Hong Kong, 23 August 2000.
The bowl: With Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, purchased at the 碗: Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1999年6月21日購自倫敦國際瓷器展
International Ceramics Fair, London, 21 June 1999.

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A QINGBAI CARVED 'LOTUS' JAR AND COVER
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The jar is crisply carved to the exterior with three layers of overlapping lotus
petals, the domed cover is similarly decorated and surmounted by a loop fnial.
The jar is covered with a pale blue glaze pooling in the recesses.
5√ in. (15 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 US$6,300-9,900
€5,700-9,000
PROVENANCE:
With Jan van Beers, London, 21 May 1999.
A slightly smaller qingbai jar and cover (9.4 cm. high) of similar form and
decoration in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 10841-1, is illustrated
in Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, ed.
Stacey Pierson, London, 2002, p. 170, no. 90.

宋 青白釉蓮紋蓋罐
來源:
英國私人珍藏
倫敦Jan van Beers, 1999年5月21日

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