A CHINESE QINGBAI HEXAFOIL STEM CUP AND STAND

SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 AD

The cup with a lobed rim and short flared foot, the stand with a domed central platform and flared sides echoing that of the cup, all decorated with a pale turquoise glaze, the stand perhaps associated, 14.3cm. (2)

Cf. S Pierson, Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, pp.108-9, no.54, for a closely related example in the British Museum.