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A RARE MOLDED AND CARVED QINGBAI `RABBIT’ EWER AND Ewers of this type have been dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth
COVER century. The combination of different motifs and decorative techniques
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368) such as incising, molding and sculpting, reflect a heightened pursuit of
ornamentation popular during this period.
12¬ in. (31.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
A related qingbai ewer decorated with phoenix in low relief on the body,
$60,000-80,000 but without a cover, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu: Liao, Jin, Yuan, vol. 13,
Tokyo, 1981, pl. 42. Also, compare a ewer with a stepped cover surmounted
PROVENANCE: by a similarly sculpted lion, formerly in the Meiyintang Collection, sold at
Yangdetang Collection (Dr. Yang Chün-hsiung), Taiwan.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 39.

元ǎ青白釉חԷ紋執ૐ連蓋 A fragment of a dragon handle, similar to that on the present ewer, excavated
Ϝ源 from the Yuan remains at Luomaqiao, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, is
illustrated in Ceramic Finds from Jingdezhen Kilns (10th-17th Century), Fung
養德ਕ 楊Њ雄
珍藏
台灣 Ping Shan Museum, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 116.

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