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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A CARVED QINGBAI 'DAYLILY' VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the ovoid body supported on a flared foot, surmounted by a cylindrical neck opening into a wide, six-lobed flower-shaped rim with down-turned petal tips, the body freely incised with floral blooms on leafing stems, the petals defined with combed details, the shoulder and neck encircled by double-fillets, the interior of the neck applied with radiating lines of slip, covered overall in a vitreous pale blue glaze pooling at the recesses, the base unglazed revealing the buff-colored body
Height 7 in., 17.8 cm
Estimate
20,000
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30,000
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