Asian Art I - 21st May 2014

Lot 258

A pair of small Chinese qingbai moulded dishes Song dynasty 960-1279 AD

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A pair of small Chinese qingbai moulded dishes Song dynasty 960-1279 AD, each flared body with petals radiating from the well and a lobed rim, together with a small qingbai U-shaped bowl, not illustrated, moulded as chrysanthemum petals, 10.4cm. (3)

Provenance: the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.

Cf. The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, Vol.III, Museum Pusat, Jakarta, pl.14 for a similar bowl.