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PROPERTY FROM THE
PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION
1300
A MOLDED QINGBAI OCTAGONAL VASE
SOUTHERN SONG- EARLY YUAN DYNASTY,
13TH CENTURY
Each facet is divided into two registers, the lower
molded with tall stems of either lotus, two diferent
peonies, or chrysanthemum, below smaller fower
sprigs on the shoulder, all repeated on the other
side and separated by vertical ribs. The vase is
covered with a glaze of pale blue color, and the
fat base is unglazed.
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 21 October
2005.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection,
New York.
Comparable qingbai octagonal vases with similar
molded decoration include one illustrated in
Porcelain Collected by Anhui Province Museum,
Beijing, 2002, p. 78, no. 62; the vase illustrated
in China’s Jingdezhen Porcelain through the
Ages, Beijing, 1998, p. 226; the example sold at
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 234;
and another from Linyushanren Collection, sold at
Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 728.
南宋/元 青白釉模印花卉紋八棱瓶

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