A carved qingbai 'boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279).
Tietoa ostamisesta
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
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.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
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.
Näyttelyt
To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius) .
Kirjallisuus
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