£2,125
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
宋 青白釉印花卉紋芒口斗笠碗、弦紋帶蓋杯、瓜菱式小執壺(一組三件)
comprising: a conical-shaped bowl, decorated on the interior with flower sprays in cartouches, 15.4cm diameter; a lidded cup potted on a high straight foot, a raised band decorated the centre of the cylindrical body, 9cm high; together with a small water dropper, of lobbed melon-shape, 10cm wide, all applied with a translucent bluish white glaze
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, has been collecting Asian ceramics for 25 years
The conical bowl acquired from Denis Young Antiques, Bath on 15 July 1999, with a photocopied handwritten receipt stating the piece dated to the Song Dynasty; The interior of the lidded cup with a sticker 'NATIONAL MUSEUM PHILIPPINES, ₱ 5.00 RP, 0047763'; Both the lidded cup and small water dropper acquired from Robert McPherson Chinese Ceramics, Kensington Church Street, London, on 16 June 1999, with a photocopied handwritten receipt stating the pieces dated to Song Dynasty, 12th-13th century.