J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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SONG DYNASTY CERAMICS:
The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection
March 15 - April 13, 2013
25.
A QINGBAI GLAZED PORCELAIN BOWL
Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)
of deep rounded form with hexafoil bracket-lobed rim, the thinly potted flaring sides carved on the interior with a figure of a Daoist immortal dressed as a court official holding a hu tablet, and with a crane and a tortoise, separated by trefoil cloud motifs and encircling a central flowerhead, all framed by a carved border of lotus blossoms and leaves below the rim, covered inside and out with a pale bluish translucent glaze which pools in the carved lines, giving emphasis to the decoration, the small ring foot of wedge-shaped section enclosing the unglazed countersunk base, the exposed white porcelain with a burnt ring from the kiln support.
Diameter 6 3⁄8 inches (16.2 cm)
A Qingbai glazed bowl of this rare form and carved design was exhibited at the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, and illustrated in the catalogue Sō dai no Seihakuji ten (Qingbai Wares of the Song Dynasty), Osaka, 1994, p. 7, no. 13, attributed to the 12th century.
宋 青白道士龜鶴紋葵口碗 徑 16.2 厘米
25.
A QINGBAI GLAZED PORCELAIN BOWL
Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)
Diameter 6 3⁄8 inches (16.2 cm)