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A.Joseph, Chinese and Annamese Ceramics, A QINGBAI VASE AND INTEGRAL STAND
A RARE QINGBAI EWER AND A COVER London, 1973, fig.18, p.43 (a copy of this Song Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty book is offered as part of this lot). Modelled as a facetted baluster vase with twin
Well potted, the pear shaped body rising to lug handles, relief decorated with flowering
a tall, flared neck, the shoulder applied on The overall shape of this ewer is influenced stems, the neck rising to an open flowerhead
each side with phoenix in flight with scrolling by Middle Eastern metalwork, which was terminal, all set on a waisted ribbed base with
tail, fanning out into a blooming lotus, below imported to China from Iran and Turkey everted rim and five applied short feet.
scrolling foliage and above petal lappets during the 14th century. Indeed, the multiple 19.5cm (7.7/8in) high.
containing ruyi heads, rising from a flared foot, decorative techniques employed on the
the handle moulded as a sinuous fish-dragon, vessel, such as moulding and slip painting, £1,200 - 1,400
its mane forming a small loop for attaching would seem to attest to the increasing CNY11,000 - 13,000
the cover, the curving spout issuing from demand for rich ornamentation which was HK$13,000 - 15,000
the jaw of a dragon, connected to the body later satisfied by the use of underglaze
by an elaborate S-shaped bridge, the neck colours. Property of a European Family Acquired
surrounded by a further band of ruyi heads between 1960-70, and thence by descent.
alternating with upright lappets, all beneath a Compare the ewers illustrated by J.Ayers,
pale blue transparent glaze, together with a Some Characteristic Wares of the Yüan
stepped domed cover. Dynasty, in Transactions of the Oriental
24.7cm (9 5/8in) high (2). Ceramic Society, vol.29, 1954-5, pl.38, fig.17,
A.du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of
£2,500 - 3,500 Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984, p.110,
CNY23,000 - 32,000 fig.1.
HK$27,000 - 38,000
A similar ewer was included in the
Provenance Meiyingtang collection and sold at Sotheby’s
A British private collection Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 39. Another
example, sold at Christie’s New York, 22
March 1999, lot 256.
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