A small qingbai foliate cup, Song dynasty (960-1279).
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Lobed rim, carved decoration, covered overall in a bluish-white glaze. Diameter 11.5 cm.
Crazing, wear.
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 dish with a foliated rim in the Victoria and Albert Museum C.37-1946. Depicted on page 74.