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A ‘QINGBAI’ GRAIN MEASURE A WHITE-GLAZED EWER AND A ‘QINGBAI’ ‘LOTUS’ JAR AND
SONG DYNASTY COVER COVER
SONG DYNASTY SONG DYNASTY
the baluster body rising from a flat base to a
rounded shoulder and broad short neck with the octagonal lobed ovoid body rising from a the ovoid body rising from a short straight foot to
everted rim, carved around the exterior with a short spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, set a short tapering neck, carved around the exterior
U-shaped geometric pattern and covered overall at the shoulder with a tall curved spout and to with overlapping lotus petals and covered overall
in an ice-blue glaze the other side with a tall strap handle, the dished in an ice-blue glaze falling short of the foot to
8 cm, 3⅛ in. cover surmounted with a ruyi-shaped finial, reveal the white body, the similarly glazed slightly
covered overall in a creamy-white glaze domed cover carved with a medallion of radiating
‡ £ 3,000-5,000 (2) lotus petals and surmounted by a loop finial
HK$ 31,000-52,000 US$ 3,950-6,600 16.5 cm, 6½ in. (2)
宋 青白釉小缽 9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.
EXHIBITED
Objects of Desire, The Classic Age of Chinese ‡ £ 3,000-5,000
Ceramics Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th HK$ 31,000-52,000 US$ 3,950-6,600
Centuries, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 宋 青白釉蓮紋小蓋罐
Sydney, 2013, cat. no. 17.

‡ £ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 52,000-72,500 US$ 6,600-9,200
宋 白釉瓜棱執壺及蓋
展覽
《Objects of Desire, The Classic Age of Chinese
Ceramics Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th
Centuries》， 澳大利亞亞洲藝術學院， 悉尼， 2013年，
編號17

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