TWO BROWN SPLASHED 'QINGBAI' FIGURES OF OFFICIALS SONG DYNASTY
TWO BROWN SPLASHED 'QINGBAI' FIGURES OF OFFICIALS
SONG DYNASTY
each figure standing on an hexagonal base wearing an official's hat and long draped robe, one holding a tablet against his face, the other with a pig's head, covered overall with a translucent and very pale blue colour with splashes of dark iron-brown
Quantity: 2
20.7 and 19.8 cm, 8 1/8 and 7 3/4 in.
Provenance:
Iron in the Fire. The Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1988, cat. no. 79.
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TWO BROWN SPLASHED 'QINGBAI' FIGURES OF OFFICIALS
SONG DYNASTY
each figure standing on an hexagonal base wearing an official's hat and long draped robe, one holding a tablet against his face, the other with a pig's head, covered overall with a translucent and very pale blue colour with splashes of dark iron-brown
Quantity: 2
20.7 and 19.8 cm, 8 1/8 and 7 3/4 in.
Provenance:
Iron in the Fire. The Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1988, cat. no. 79.