A Qingbai lobed cup and stand, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋 青白釉花式盞及盞托

A Qingbai lobed cup and stand

Southern Song dynasty 

南宋 青白釉花式盞及盞托

the cup delicately potted with rounded sides supported on a splayed foot, rising to a hexalobed everted rim, the stand molded with a central raised ring within a six-lobed rim, resting on a splayed recessed base formed from six lappets, each pierced with a central heart-shaped motif, the cup and stand applied with a transparent blue glaze, the unglazed base of each revealing a white biscuit burnt russet-brown in the firing (2)

Height 3 ⅝ in., 9.2 cm