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A Chinese Qingbai 'Chrysanthemum Head' carved conical bowl,…
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24-Sep-2019
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A Chinese Qingbai 'Chrysanthemum Head' carved conical bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), 12th century, the conical form bowl with finely incised decoration to the interior of scrolling foliage, and to the exterior with gently curving diagonal lines depicting overlapping chrysanthemum flower petals, the whole apart from the interior of the base covered in an even pale blue glaze showing a slightly darker blue where it pools in the crevasses. Stained crackle to the glaze., 5.7 cm high, 14 cm diameter, Literature: for an almost identical bowl, please see 'The Feng Wen Tang collection of early Chinese Ceramics', Bonhams Hong Kong, 9 October 2014, lot 207. For another similar bowl in the Percival David collection in the British Museum, please see 'Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: a guide to the Collection', Rosemary E. Scott, page 59, figure 47.
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Antiquities: Asian