Lot 243
CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED LOBED BOWL
FIVE DYNASTIES TO SONG DYNASTY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
五代至宋 白釉花口碗
the bowl supported on short foot, surmounted a pinched 'piecrust' rim, covered inside and out with a thin white glaze, which stops around the upper body, exposing the fine white body
Dimensions
12.8cm wide
Provenance
J.A.N. Fine Art, London, with paper label inscribed ‘4137’
倫敦骨董商 J.A.N. Fine Art，底含籤書‘4137’
Footnote
A closely comparable bowl with similar lobed/garlanded rim, dated to the Five Dynasties, is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, published in He, Li, and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 1996. Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide. London: Thames & Hudson, no. 199, p. 104. Another closely comparable white-glaze bowl with similar ‘piecrust’ lobed rim, dated to the Song dynasty, was in the Frederick M. Mayer Collection and sold at Christie's New York, 27 Mar 2018, lot 40.