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A QINGBAI TIXI-STYLE CARVED MEIPING

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

The vase is well potted with a long slender body rising from the countersunk base to rounded
shoulders, surmounted by a ribbed neck tapering to a lipped rim. It is crisply carved on the exterior
with a broad band of scrolling tendrils between double borders, all under a translucent glaze of pale
aquamarine tone pooling in the recesses, ending in an irregular line above the foot exposing the white
biscuit body.

10 Ω in. (26.5 cm.) high, box

HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Taipei in the 1980s

LITERATURE
History of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Taipei, 1985, p. 477. (One of Two)

The present vase is nearly identical to lot 3140 except for the treatment of the foot. For a discussion
on this rare type of carved qingbai meiping, refer to the footnote of lot 3140.

南宋 青白釉仿剔犀刻花梅瓶

來源
1980年代購於台北

著錄
譚旦冏，《中國陶瓷史》，下冊，台北，1985年，477頁。

此瓶瓶底不具圈足，與拍品3140號的平底略有不同。關於此類青白梅瓶的討論可參考拍品3140號的
介紹。

(base 底部)

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