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953(1516009)
A carved qingbai 'boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279).
Hammer price
12 000SEK
≈ 1 080 EUR
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
≈ 722 - 903 EUR

Rising from a short foot, the thinly potted bowl of conical form, carved on the interior with two boys among stylized floral scrolls covered in a bluish white glaze. Diameter 21 cm.

Cracks, wear, crazing.

Provenance

From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson was a notable member of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society who formed his collection from the early 1950's an onwards. Thence by descent.

Previously in the Collection of Tage Grönwall (1903-1988). Grönwall was a Swedish diplomat who had a long career serving for the Swedish Foreign Ministry. He was stationed in Tokyo 1956-19 and also accredited for for Seoul 1959-1962.

Exhibitions

To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius) .

Literature

Qingbai Ware, Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Rosemary Scott, Amy Barnes, Estelle Nikles, Catherine Teo. Compare a bowl with decoration of two boys playing amid floral scrolls, the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Fransisco, P65 P41. Depicted on page 40

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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