PLEASE NOTE HIS LOT IS NOW TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. A CHINESE QINGBAI OCTAGONAL EWER AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The faceted body applied with a curving spout and a double-strap handle, surmounted by an eight-petalled flower and bud form finial, covered with a very pale translucent greyish-green glaze, 19.6cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey, UK; sold on behalf of Parkinson's UK.

Cf. S Pierson, Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, A Barnes,'Catalogue Entries', p.114, no.58, for another ewer of this design.