Lot 3141. A Qingbai tixi-style carved meiping, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000 (USD 51,809 - USD 77,714). Price realised HKD 1,250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016. 

The vase is well potted with a long slender body rising from the countersunk base to rounded shoulders, surmounted by a ribbed neck tapering to a lipped rim. It is crisply carved on the exterior with a broad band of scrolling tendrils between double borders, all under a translucent glaze of pale aquamarine tone pooling in the recesses, ending in an irregular line above the foot exposing the white biscuit body.

Provenance: Acquired in Taipei in the 1980s

Literature: History of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Taipei, 1985, p. 477. (One of Two)

Note: The present vase is nearly identical to lot 3140 except for the treatment of the foot. For a discussion on this rare type of carved qingbai meiping, refer to the footnote of lot 3140.

Christie's. Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection, 30 November 2016, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall