Smith & Singer
196

A rare 'qingbai' cosmetic box and cover northern Song dynasty

(2)

Estimate $9,000 – $12,000

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the interior divided into three sections by three unglazed free standing flowering stems extending from the centre to the rim, each section containing a small bowl, the low domed cover finely incised with a floral scroll, covered with a translucent pale blue glaze falling short of the rims and countersunk base revealing the white ware

(2)
12 cm diameter

  • Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)

Provenance

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 May 2006, lot 336
Private Collection, Melbourne

Show Catalogue Notes

Catalogue Notes

Compare with a cosmetic box of this type illustrated in the catalogue of the London Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London, 1960, pl. 76, no. 217, from the Collection of Captain and Mrs. Bulkeley-Johnson; and in the catalogue of the London OCS Jubilee exhibition, The Ceramic Art of China, London, 1971, pl. 85, no. 124.

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0786  |  15 Apr 2014  |  Sydney
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