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TWO QINGBAI GLAZED CERAMICS                                                    TWO JIANYAO TEA BOWLS
Song/Yuan dynasty, 13th/14th century                                           Song dynasty
The first a shallow bowl with a lotus plant roundel molded to the              The first raised on a short foot with recessed base, the uneven mottled
recessed center of the curving well, the pale blue-green glaze                 black glaze layer thinning to dull rust along the rim, the dark brown
applied everywhere except the rim, foot pad and recessed base                  clay of the recessed base and foot ring left unglazed (glaze degraded,
(abrasion, hairline cracks); the second, a small saucer incised with four      old chips to foot); the second, surmounted by a flared rim above
interlocked loops topped with combed finials in a slightly recessed            exterior walls tapering sharply inward to a short foot and recessed
roundel centering the shallow curving well, the glaze of deeper blue-          base, the black glaze forming large welts on the lower walls and
green hue covering all surfaces except the flat base burnt cinnamon-           marked with dark russet lines of ‘hare’s fur’ type, the exposed clay of
brown (glaze abraded and degraded).                                            the lower walls of deep purple-grown hue (glaze abraded, kiln scars).
6 5/8 and 4 5/8in (16.8 and 11.8cm) diameters                                  4 3/4 and 5 1/8in (12.2 and 13.3cm) diameters
$1,200 - 1,500                                                                 $1,200 - 1,800

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TWO CELADON GLAZED CONTAINERS
The larger a Southern Song Longquan shallow bowl carefully molded              3325
with a rolled rim to the canted walls raised on a wedged foot with deeply      A GROUP OF THREE JUNYAO STYLE STONEWARE BOWLS
recessed base, the extensively degraded gray-green glaze covering all          All of varied inverted domical forms, the two wider vessels
surfaces except the cinnamon-burner pad of the foot (tiny chips); the          surmounted by slightly everted mouth rims, all covered by a
second a northern celadon glazed saucer of possible the Jin/Yuan period,       viscous glaze of typical variegated sky blue hues pooling unevenly
its flared rim flange rising out of a shallow recessed floor and supported on  around the unglazed tall foot rims.
a wedged foot surrounding a shallow recessed base, the heavily crazed          9 and 7in (23 and 18cm) diameters
olive-green glaze layer stopping short of the foot and burnt with cinnamon     $2,000 - 3,000
brown patches where thinly applied (glaze degraded, tiny chips).
4 7/8 and 4 3/8in (12.3 and 11cm) diameter
$800 - 1,200

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A JUNYAO BOWL
Jin/Yuan dynasty

Molded with a slight inward curve to the rim of the wide curving well rising
from a splayed foot and recessed base, the glaze of opaque gray-blue
color thinning along the rim and stopping above the foot, the exposed
clay areas burnt a pale cinnamon brown (glaze worn, foot chipped).
7in (17.8cm) diameter
$1,200 - 2,000

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