A RARE PAIR OF SLIP-DECORATED WHITE-GLAZED DISHES QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

each with gently rounded sides terminating in everted rims, the interior applied with a delicately incised white slip decoration of a flowering prunus bough extending over the rim to the exterior (2)

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1st April 1982.

There is a firing flaw to one foot, otherwise both dishes are in overall good condition.
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The present rare slip-decorated dish is based on a Song dynasty motif of prunus decoration found on Jizhou paper-cut resist bowls and, more closely, on Qingbai wares with incised design. A Qingbai-glazed shallow bowl with carved prunus in the Jiangxi Museum is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Jianxi, vol. 14, Beijing, 2008, no. 75.