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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's

Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 530

A RARE GUAN-TYPE LOBED WASHER, MING DYNASTY
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD

A RARE GUAN-TYPE LOBED WASHER
MING DYNASTY
明 官窰式葵口洗

elegantly potted, the shallow flaring sides rising from a flat base sweeping up to a rim divided into six lobes, the body covered in an
unctuous thick pale beige glaze suffused with a matrix of gold and black crackles, the base with five 'sesame-seed' spur marks

Diameter 4⅞ in., 12.3 cm.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Herbert Ingram, 2nd Bt (1875-1958) (by repute).
English Private Collection.

來源
第二代從男爵赫伯特•英格拉姆爵士（1875-1958）收藏（傳）
英國私人收藏

Catalogue Note
In its seeming simplicity, the present washer encapsulates the spirit of the famous Guanyao, the fabled ‘official ware’ specially
created for the imperial court of the Southern Song (1127-1279) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang of south China. The gently lobed form and
unctuous glaze suffused with a fine interlaced network of crackle could only be achieved through highly sophisticated techniques,

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