Lot 197
CARVED FLORIFORM QINGBAI DISH
SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
南宋至元 青白劃花六瓣花口碟
decorated in the interior with stylised flora and foliage, mouth rim with six notches, applied overall with a thin and translucent pale green glaze save for the base revealing the light and dark brown body
Dimensions
15.2cm diameter
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Scottish Borders. The owner had an enduring friendship with Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023), a lifelong Asian art collector and a significant part of whose collection was sold in this saleroom, 3 November 2023, lot 1-95. Dr Lawley was close to the collection offered in this sale, indeed some of the items came directly from him. He would share his research, his catalogue, and his admiration of these items with the owner, as a natural consequence of their friendship.
Acquired from David Bowden, 4 March 2006, according to owner's inventory.
Footnote
Comparable examples of caved Qingbai dishes, all dated to the Song dynasty, sold at Christie's New York,
23 Jul 2014, lot 307; Paris, 29 Mar 2017, lot 92; and New York, 23 Sep 2022, lot 946.