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A LARGE QINGBAI ‘RICE-MEASURE’ JAR A UNUSUAL LONGQUAN ‘GUAN’-TYPE BUBBLE BOWL
Southern Song/Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th Century Southern Song/Yuan dynasty
The exterior incised with semicircles in concentric rings mirrored Raised on a small circular foot and tapering to a delicately in-turned
on each half below a band of iron-spots under the unglazed rim, rim, covered in and out with a light blue-grey glaze with multiple layers
otherwise covered in a pale blue transparent glaze encompassing the of dark and light brown crackle, the foot rim exposing the pale buff
flat base, box. body.
2 3/4in (7cm) high; 5 1/4in (13.3cm) diameter 1 9/16in (4cm) high; 3 1/2in (8.9cm) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000 $4,000 - 6,000
南宋/元 十二至十四世紀 青白柳斗罐 南宋/元 龍泉仿官窯墩式盌

This example follows very closely the more commonly seen Ganzhou For another small Longquan guan-type bowl with very slightly in-
‘rice-measure’ jars that usually have unglazed pottery exteriors with turning rim (3 ½ inches diam.), see Christie’s, Hong Kong, The Pavilion
the white-glazed bosses. Sale, 4 October 2018, lot 28.

For a similar example see Christie’s, New York, 13 September 2019,
lot 1006. The same lot was illustrated by E. Engel, Chinese Ceramic
Treasures: a selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including
the Carl Kempe Collection, vol. 1, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 76. Another
is illustrated by J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, Song Dynasty Ceramics:
The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection, March-April 2013, no. 21.

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