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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
16-Jun-2015
Lot No.
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Description:
A rare Dingyao persimmon-glazed conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), finely potted and covered in an even purple glaze, on the interior, exterior and inside the unglazed foot-rim. 4.7 cm high, 18.2 cm diameter. For a similar bowl see Sotheby's New York, 16th-17th September, 2014, lot 105; and also see Sotheby's New York, 23rd March, 2011, lot 519. Literature: James Spencer, Selected Chinese Ceramics from the Han to the Qing Dynasties, From the Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1990, plate 28. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Oriental Ceramics: The Worlds Great Collections, Tokyo 1981, Vol.9, Cat. No. 62. James SpencerChinese Ceramics from the Han to the Qing Dynastiesthe Chang Foundation, Ceramics: The Worlds Great Collections
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Category:
Antiquities: Asian