A small Qingbai cupstand – Northern Song Dynasty - SOLD
Thinly potted in the form of a circular tray supported on a high foot that is punctuated underside. It is covered inside and out with a clear glaze of pale bluish tone pooling to an aquamarine colour at the recesses. The base is unglazed revealing the fine white body. Produced in Jiangxi, probably from Hutian kiln.
Period: Northern Song Dynasty
Size: Diameter 9.8 cm, height 2.8 cm, weight 57 g
Condition: Expected wear and minor firing flaws, a few chips/nicks to the rim and a small hairline crack going from the rim, approximately 8 mm long, no further cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: From a Scandinavian private collection
SKU: 169
References: A similar cupstand, excavated from Zibo city, Shandong province, is illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China – Shandong, Beijing, 2008, p. 95, plate 95.
Compare also with bowl illustrated by Li Zhiyan & Simon Kwan in Song Ceramics from the Muwen Tang Collection, 2012, p. 248, plate 79.
More info: Qingbai ware
