A 'Qingbai' lobed ewer and box and cover Southern Song dynasty

of compressed globular form, molded around the sides with two registers of chrysanthemum lappets, set to the shoulder with a wide strap handle opposite a plain tubular spout, the cover now lacking; the box and cover similarly lobed to the sides, the top molded with a spray of flowers, with an inscription in relief to the base, wood stand and box (5)

Ewer: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Personal Collection of Warren E Cox, New York (by label).

Lobed box: Collection of L.Y. Lee, New York 

Chinese Ceramics in Chicago Collections, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1982, cat.nos. 31 and 32, p. 45.

Compare a similar ewer from the collection of Myron S. Falk, sold at Christie’s New York, 15th October 2001, lot 463.