Lot 462
  • 462

THREE WHITE-GLAZED BOWLS 10TH CENTURY AND LATER

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

comprising: a hemispherical bowl, moulded to the interior with ten panels enclosing birds and flowers and covered overall in a white glaze; a shallow bowl with pie-crust rim; and a lobed bowl rising from a short spreading foot

Literature

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 433, 428 and 365.

Condition

left on catalogue image: In good condition with a pinhole/iron spot to the interior. The exterior with scattered pinpricks. A very shallow chip on the foot. center on catalogue image: In good condition, with minor kiln grit on the interior and a concentrated area on the foot. A shallow 1.6 cm chip to the interior of the foot rim. right on catalogue image: In good condition with the exception of nibbles on the rim and some shallow chips. Small iron spots throughout.
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