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878 A QINGBAI CENSER AND COVER,                            宋ǭ青白釉博山‐
                                                                                                                                                   BOSHANLU
                                                                                                                                                   SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)                          Ϝ源
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                                                                                                                                                   The censer has a rounded bowl that is raised on a hexagonal
                                                                                                                                                   pedestal foot molded with overlapping petals. The domed cover
                                                                                                                                                   is molded in the form of a stylized mountain peak that rises to a   A similar qingbai tripod boshanlu censer is in the collection of the
                                                                                                                                                   star-shaped opening and is pierced at the sides with cloud-form   Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, and illustrated in Sįdai no
                                                                                                                                                   apertures. Both are covered overall with a glossy translucent glaze   seihakuji (Qingbai Wares of Song Dynasty), Osaka, 1994, p. 16,
                                                                                                                                                   of brilliant aquamarine-blue tone.                  no. 42. Another related qingbai tripod boshanlu censer in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                       collection of the Idemitsu Museum is illustrated in Tįyį no shiroi
                                                                                                                                                   4¬ in. (11.8 cm.) high, cloth box
                                                                                                                                                                                                       yakimono: Junnaru sekai (White Ceramics of the East: the Genuine
                                                                                                                                                   $5,000-7,000                                        Pure World), Tokyo, 2012, p. 42, no. 54, described as Fujian type
                                                                                                                                                                                                       from the Southern Song dynasty.
                                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                                   J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4873.



























         877 A BAISHE ‘MOON AND PRUNUS’                             宋ǭ白舍窯青白釉劃月影梅紋盞
               CONICAL TEA BOWL
               SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)                           Ϝ源
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               The bowl is carved through the pale milky-blue glaze on the
               interior with a blossoming prunus spray and a crescent moon. The
               details and the interior rim edge are painted in a reddish-brown slip
               and the recessed unglazed base is inscribed in black ink with the
               character hai (sea).
               4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) diam., cloth box
               $8,000-12,000

               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4902.

               A bowl of the same form and design is illustrated by R. Krahl in   This motif is also found on white stoneware boxes and covers
               Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994,   made at the nearby Jizhou kilns, such as the example illustrated
               p. 278, no. 515, where it is noted that similar wares with a light   by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,
               blue qingbai glaze applied over a slip have been excavated at the   vol. 1, London, 1994, p. 279, no. 517, and another from the Falk
               Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province. A similar small   Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 16 October 2001,
               conical bowl excavated at Baishe is illustrated in Kaogu, 1985, No.   lot 96.
               3, pl. 6: 1 & 2, and in a line drawing on p. 226, fig. 4:1. Another
               very similar Baishe ‘moon and prunus’ tea bowl in the Columbia

               Museum of Art, Columbia, North Carolina, is illustrated in Eye to
               the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art, Columbia, 2008, p. 64.







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