Qingbai Ewer & Warming Basin

Southern Song Dynasty, (1127-1279)

The ewer cover with lion finial, the ovoid body with strap handle and a gently curved upright spout, the circular warming basin with scalloped rim, both carved and with finely incised stylized flower decoration and covered overall with a transparent, pale bluish white glaze. Ewer,

H. 10 in.

Note: Blue tint of the 'qingbai' glaze and the ovoid shape rather than the straight sided vessels as well as the incised decoration shows that this piece is from a southern kiln.

Literature: Rosemary E. Scott, Ed. The Porcelains of Jingdezhen, Colloquies of Art and Archaeology in Asia No. 16, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1992, pp.13-26.