Song Dynasty
Comprising: a bowl with foliate rim and anhua decorations, covered in a creamy white glaze with crackles; a qingbai bowl decorated with moulded double fish to the well and the sides with panels of floral sprays, covered in a bluish-white glaze with fine craquelure; a bowl incised with abstract floral decorations to the interior, covered in a greyish-blue glaze; a pair of small bowls of conical form, covered in an even creamy blue glaze; a bowl with moulded 'peony' sprays to the well and floral panels beneath a key-fret band to the sides, the cream glaze suffused with fine crackles; a bowl moulded with 'pomegranate' medallions and boys amongst floral sprays, the glaze of bluish-white hue. The largest: 18cm (7 1/16in) diam. (7).
Footnotes
宋 青白盌七件
Provenance: All acquired in 2000 (collector's notes)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol. 2, n.p., 2021, p.193 (the pair of conical bowls)