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880 A CARVED QINGBAI VASE                                  或為南宋ǭ青白釉劃蓮紋花ऑ≡
                                                                                                                                                   PROBABLY SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
                                                                                                                                                   The spherical body is carved with a leafy scroll bearing two large   Ϝ源
                                                                                                                                                   blossoms below the cylindrical neck with a double-line band and   藍理捷
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                                                                                                                                                   the flared mouth with a petal-shaped rim. The vase is covered
                                                                                                                                                   overall with a crackled glaze of pale blue tone.    A similarly decorated qingbai vase of this distinctive form is in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, and is illustrated
                                                                                                                                                   7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, brocade box
                                                                                                                                                                                                       by J. Wirgin in ‘Sung Ceramic Designs,’ B.M.F.E.A. Bulletin No.
                                                                                                                                                   $8,000-12,000                                       42, Stockholm, 1970, pl. 18a. Another qingbai vase of very similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                       form with incised decoration of fish in rippling water around the
                                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                                   J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4878.              body is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Kong, 1994, pp. 270-71, no. 117.

































         879 A RARE QINGBAI FOLIATE DISH                            元ǭ十四世紀初ǭ青白釉՞物故Կ圖菱ऑ盤
               YUAN DYNASTY, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
               The lobed shallow dish is decorated on the interior in white   Ϝ源
               slip with a scene of a scholar standing beneath a willow tree in   藍理捷
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               conversation with a young woman holding a letter, with a small
               animal, possibly a sheep, between them, and the rim decorated
               with ‘pearls’. The dish is covered overall with a pale blue glaze.
               5¬ in. (14.4 cm.) diam., cloth box
               $15,000-20,000
               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4855.

               Qingbai ceramics with finely beaded decoration, such as that seen   A very similar qingbai porcelain foliate dish is in the collection
               on this delicate dish, were produced in the early 14th century.    of the Baltimore Museum of Art and illustrated by F. Klapthor,
               The applied 'pearls,' in underglaze slip, most often adorn cups, vases   Chinese Ceramics from the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1993,
               and figures; dishes are rare to find with this decoration. In Yuan   p. 39, no. 27.
               Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, Margaret Medley illustrates
               a group of these wares, including a cup, stem cup, vase on stand   The scene depicted on this dish may refer to a popular Yuan
               and ewer (pls. 8a-10).                               dynasty zaju drama, At Dongting Lake Liu Yi Delivers a Letter
                                                                    (Dongting hu Liu Yi chaun shu), showing the scholar Liu Yi meeting
                                                                    San Niang herding sheep by the Jing River.






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