foliate form

Qingbai Foliate Shallow Peony Dish. Northern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Courtesy Vermeer & Griggs A fine Song Qingbai shallow foliated dish, the rim shaped to form six petals, raised on a short ring foot decorated with carved and combed design of a peony flower covered in a pale blue green colored glaze. The base is unglazed and the biscuit is burned in the firing. The dish likely made at the Jingdezheng kilns in Jiangxi province. Diameter:  6" (15.2cm). Condition: Excellent, minor kiln grit... [Lire la suite]

A Ge-type mallet vase. 18th century © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The cylindrical body with high sloping shoulders and a tall cylindrical neck rising to the lipped rim, covered overall with a dense greenish network of pale and dark crackles imitating the Song Dynasty Geyao glaze stopping short of the rim and foot ring; 16.8cm (6⅝in) high.- Estimate: £800 - 1,200, € 970 - 1,400, HK$ 9,900 - 15,000 A pair of Guan-type foliate dishes. 18th century © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Each dish modelled with gently curved lobed... [Lire la suite]

A large celadon dish of foliate form, 15th century Decorated with stylised flower heads and scrolling tendrils; the typical orange biscuit apparent on the base. 40cm (16in) diameter.- Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 11 May 2009. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com