A VERY RARE QINGBAI EWER, COVER, AND WARMING BASIN

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$ 40 000
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21.09.2023 14:15UTC -04:00
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Lot 866 | A VERY RARE QINGBAI EWER, COVER, AND WARMING BASIN
A VERY RARE QINGBAI EWER, COVER, AND WARMING BASIN

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.
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