ID 1007327
Lot 866 | A VERY RARE QINGBAI EWER, COVER, AND WARMING BASIN
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The ewer with hexalobed body is applied with a molded petal collar, and is set with a curved spout opposite the arched, strap handle. The cover is surmounted by a figure of a lion and is pierced with two holes for attachment. The deep basin is raised on a high foot molded with pendent overlapping petals and is divided into seven lobes, which are incised with stylized floral decoration. The ewer, cover and basin are covered overall with a translucent glaze of pale bluish tone.
Ewer and cover: 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Basin: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Yamashita Sakuro (b. 1908) Collection (according to label).
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo (according to label on box).
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
Literature
Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Sosogu utsuwa (Ewers), Izumi, 1986, p. 62, no. 116.
Exhibited
Izumi, Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Sosogu utsuwa (Ewers), 10 October 1986.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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