TWO INCISED QINGBAI 'FISH' BOWLS SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY |

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, the interior incised and combed with a pair of fish swimming amid stylized waves, covered overall in a translucent pale blue glaze stopping neatly at the unglazed base revealing the orange-buff body (2)

Collection of Joseph Winterbotham, Jr. (1878-1954).
Bequest to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1954 (acc. nos. 1954.409-1 and 1954.409-2).

One bowl with a chip to rim and chip to foot, the other with chips to the rim. Both with wear to the glaze, some areas of dark specking and minor imperfections consistent with age and type.
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