Two qingbai deep bowls, Song dynasty. Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€3,500 - 5,300). Photo Bonhams.

The first thinly potted with a deep curving well supported on a narrow foot ring, the exterior walls incised with C-scrolls and combed lines forming flower heads and leafy branches, the limpid blue-green glaze applied everywhere except the rim area; the second bowl of inverted bell form with a flared rim and raised on a narrow foot, the walls without decoration except for an incised line below the exterior rim, the pale blue-green glaze covering all surfaces except the cinnamon-burnt rim. 6 1/2in and 6 1/4in (16.5 and 16cm) diameters

Notes: Compare the combed decoration on the first bowl with similarly combed and incised lotus decoration on a bowl excavated from the Hu family tomb in Dexing City, Jiangxi province, dated by inscription to 1092 (20.2cm diameter): see Dated Qingbai Wares of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 1998, cat. no. 22, p. 49.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun 2015 10:00 PDT - SAN FRANCISCO