A Qingbai porcelain bowl with incised decoration, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 823. A Qingbai porcelain bowl with incised decoration, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate 1.500/2.000 €. Unsold. Photo Nagel
the thinly potted conical bowl with slightly rounded sides and lightly greenish, translucent glaze over the whitish body is on the interior incised with a décor of water or cloud motifs, partly enhanced with combed details, the outside left plain and the unglazed rim had probably been covered with a metal ring, the relatively high, slightly tapered foot-ring is on the outside glazed, but the inside and the recessed base are only partly thinly glazed and with an unread character in ink, apart one glaze defect on the outside, happened during the firing process. D. 17,5 cm, good condition
Property from an European private collection
Compare: Christie's, New York, Part I, 18.+19.9.2014, lot 752, a bowl of similar size, form and décor with dense, carved cloud scroll with combed details, dated to Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century
Nagel Auktionen, "Asian Art", 08/12/2015