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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVELYN            PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVELYN
                                                                               ANNENBERG JAFFE HALL                              ANNENBERG JAFFE HALL
                                                                               1029                                              1031
                                                                               A CARVED QINGBAI BOWL                             A RARE SMALL CARVED QINGBAI TIXI-
                                                                               SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)                 STYLE MEIPING
                                                                                                                                 SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
                                                                               7º in. (18.4 cm.) diam., cloth box
                                                                                                                                 7q in. (19 cm.) high
                                                                               $4,000-6,000
                                                                                                                                 $8,000-12,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               William B. Jaffe (1904-1972) and Evelyn           PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) Collection, New   Tonying & Company, Inc., New York, 21 December
                                                                               York, and thence by descent to the present owner.  1949.
                                                                                                                                 William B. Jaffe (1904-1972) and Evelyn
                                                                                                                                 Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) Collection, New
                                                                               &7&-:/ "//&/#&3( +"''& )"-- 珍藏
                                                                                                                                 York, and thence by descent to the present owner.
                                                                               南宋ǎ青白釉ח花盌
                                                                               Ϝ源                                                The shape and decorations on qingbai wares were
                                                                                                                                 often fashioned after contemporaneous silver
                                                                               8JMMJBN #  +BGGF 	         
 及 &WFMZO             wares, and the current meiping is no exception.
                                                                               "OOFOCFSH +BGGF )BMM 	         
 珍藏
 紐☼
 後        A silver meiping carved with ruyi-shaped scrolls,
                                                                               ҷ承至現藏家
                                                                                                                                 excavated in a Southern Song hoard in Sichuan,
                                                                                                                                 for example, was possibly an inspiration for the
                                                                                                                                 design of the current vase. The silver vase is
                                                                                                                                 illustrated in S. Kwan, 'Tixi wenyang fenqi chuyi',
                                                                                                                                 Proceedings of Conference on Ancient Chinese
                                                                                                                                 Lacquer, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 65, fig. 11.

                                          1029                                                                                   &7&-:/ "//&/#&3( +"''& )"-- 珍藏
                                                                                                                                 南宋ǎ青白釉仿ץṇח花梅瓶
                                                                               PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVELYN
                                                                               ANNENBERG JAFFE HALL                              Ϝ源
                                                                               1030                                              通運Ռ司
 紐☼
     年  月  日
                                                                                                                                 8JMMJBN #  +BGGF 	         
 及 &WFMZO
                                                                               A CARVED QINGBAI `BOYS' BOWL                      "OOFOCFSH +BGGF )BMM 	         
 珍藏
 紐☼
 後
                                                                               SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)                 ҷ承至現藏家
                                                                               8 in. (20 cm.) diam., cloth box

                                                                               $5,000-7,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               William B. Jaffe (1904-1972) and Evelyn
                                                                               Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) Collection, New
                                                                               York, before 1972, and thence by descent to the
                                                                               present owner.
                                                                               Jan Wirgin, in Sung Ceramic Design, London,
                                                                               1979, pp. 179-81, discusses the origin of the boys
                                                                               among floral scrolls motif, citing the influence
                                                                               of Indian cave art and the Buddhist motif of the
                                                                               reborn souls on lotus flowers from the Tang
                                                                               period. By the Song dynasty, when the design
                                                                               was immensely popular on wares in various
                                                                               materials such as silver, bronze, textile and jade,
                                                                               and at different ceramic kilns including Yaozhou
                                                                               and Ding, it is clear that it had become a popular
                                                                               motif suggesting fertility and abundance.


                                                                               &7&-:/ "//&/#&3( +"''& )"-- 珍藏
                                                                               南宋ǎ青白釉嬰戲圖盌
                                                                               Ϝ源
                                                                               8JMMJBN #  +BGGF 	         
 及 &WFMZO
                                                                               "OOFOCFSH +BGGF )BMM 	         
 珍藏
 紐☼
 Ն
                                                                               藏於    年ע
 後ҷ承至現藏家


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