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TWO QINGBAI-GLAZED FOLIATE DISHES                A SOUTH-EAST ASIAN CELADON-                       A GROUP OF WOOD STANDS
13th century                                     GLAZED BOWL                                       Qing Dynasty and later
The first of hexa-foil form, the walls finely    17th century                                      Including: a group of hard wood plate stands
potted and covered in a thin, transparent and    The deep vessel carved to the interior with       with geometric carvings; a hard wood lid
very pale blue-green glaze; the second with      cloud scrolls and a central flower head, with a   carved with reeds and a trigram; and a group
twelve fluted lobes, the glaze of a beige-green  rolled rim, the fluted exterior tapering down to  of later carved stands. The largest: 34cm (13
colour and with a fine crackle. The larger       a short foot rim. 28cm (11in) diam.               3/8in) wide (qty).
10.8cm (4 1/4in) diam. (2).
                                                 £500 - 800                                        £500 - 700
£800 - 1,200                                     CNY4,600 - 7,300                                  CNY4,600 - 6,400
CNY7,300 - 11,000                                HK$5,500 - 8,800                                  HK$5,500 - 7,700
HK$8,800 - 13,000
                                                 Provenance                                        Provenance
Provenance                                       Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary          Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary
Lord Rolf Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary         Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the      Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the
Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the     Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge                     Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Cunliffe Collection, no. YC26A & YC16,                                                         One plate stand: Cunliffe Collection (label)
and thence by descent                                                                              John Sparks Ltd. (label)

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