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335 A CHINESE JIANYAO BOWL SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 AD
336 A CHINESE JUNYAO U-SHAPED BOWL SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 AD
The conical body decorated with a brown-black glaze stopping short of the foot, the rim with a metal mount, paper collection labels, 12cm.
The compressed circular body slightly narrowing at the rim, decorated with a lavender-blue glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the pale brown stoneware, the well unglazed, 11.3cm.
£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Helen Espir, no.155. Purchased from Christie’s, 12th December 1988, lot 117.
£800-1,200 Provenance: formerly the collection of the late Lt. Col. MVB Hill DSO MC.
Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009, no.147.
337 A CHINESE QINGBAI CUP AND STAND SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 AD
338 † A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON BOWL MING DYNASTY
The lobed U-shaped cup raised on a short flared foot, the stand with six ruyi-shaped apertures to the foot, decorated all over with a translucent blue glaze, paper collection labels, 14.9cm. (2)
The U-shaped body moulded to the interior with three panels of figures encircling twin fish to the well, all beneath a band of key fret, the exterior with a further band of key fret beneath the rim, 17.4cm.
£400-600
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: from the collection of Helen Espir, no.198. Purchased from Sotheby’s, 11th June 1991, lot 125.
Provenance: formerly in an American private collection, c.1960.
Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009, no.110.
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Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, pp.482-483, nos.16.52 & 16.53.