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Auction archive: Lot number 513

A LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED QINGBAI 'LOTUS' MEIPING SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 513

A LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED QINGBAI 'LOTUS' MEIPING SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED QINGBAI 'LOTUS' MEIPING SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY well potted, the ovoid body rising from a narrow tapered foot to a broad rounded shoulder surmounted by a short ribbed neck narrowing to a lipped rim, the body freely carved with a luxuriant floral scroll of long undulating foliate stems bearing large lotus heads, all on a finely combed ground, enclosed within incised concentric double-line borders at the foot and shoulder, covered overall with a pale bluish glaze, pooling in the carved recesses and stopping neatly at the foot ring to reveal the pale white body, Japanese wood box (3) Height 15 1/8 in., 38.4 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Mayuyama, Tokyo, prior to 1976. Exhibited Chūgoku Meito Hyaku-sen [One Hundred Masterworks of Chinese Ceramics exhibition], The Nikkei, Takashimaya, Osaka, 1961, cat. no. 44. Chugoku Kotōji Tō-Sō Meitoten [Chinese Ceramics Tang-Song Masterworks exhibition], The Japan Ceramic Society, Shirakiya, Tokyo, 1964, cat. no. 146. Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1968. Literature Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 449.

Auction archive: Lot number 513
Auction:
Datum:
11 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

A LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED QINGBAI 'LOTUS' MEIPING SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY well potted, the ovoid body rising from a narrow tapered foot to a broad rounded shoulder surmounted by a short ribbed neck narrowing to a lipped rim, the body freely carved with a luxuriant floral scroll of long undulating foliate stems bearing large lotus heads, all on a finely combed ground, enclosed within incised concentric double-line borders at the foot and shoulder, covered overall with a pale bluish glaze, pooling in the carved recesses and stopping neatly at the foot ring to reveal the pale white body, Japanese wood box (3) Height 15 1/8 in., 38.4 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Mayuyama, Tokyo, prior to 1976. Exhibited Chūgoku Meito Hyaku-sen [One Hundred Masterworks of Chinese Ceramics exhibition], The Nikkei, Takashimaya, Osaka, 1961, cat. no. 44. Chugoku Kotōji Tō-Sō Meitoten [Chinese Ceramics Tang-Song Masterworks exhibition], The Japan Ceramic Society, Shirakiya, Tokyo, 1964, cat. no. 146. Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe, 1968. Literature Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 449.

Auction archive: Lot number 513
Auction:
Datum:
11 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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