Lot 112. A rare molded Qingbai bowl, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Diameter 6 ⅝ in., 16.8 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 8,190 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

delicately potted, the thin, deeply rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, superbly decorated to the interior with a formalized central flowerhead, surrounded by elaborate meandering leafy foliate scrolls below a band of keyfret, covered overall with a translucent lustrous pale blue-tinged glaze pooling at the recesses to an attractive sea-green tone, save for the mouth rim revealing the fine porcelain body burnt to a light orange.

Property from a Boston Private Collection.

Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2006.

Note: Compare two closely related examples sold in our London rooms, 12th December 1978, lot 373; and 10th July 1979, lot 117.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021