A RARE WHITE STONEWARE LOBED OVAL BOWL TANG DYNASTY

of Persian metal shape, each of the six gently curved lobes rising from a quatrefoil-shaped short straight foot, covered overall in a white slip and an ivory-white glaze save for the unglazed base showing the fine white body

'Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao', The Bulletin of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 25, 1953, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 23, 50, fig. 45.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 325.

The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 65.

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 532.

With the exception of: a 5mm glaze cip to the inside edge of the rim; a 15mm., long firing line to the base and a 10mm. (visible internally 5mm.), a firing line to the inside side of the foot; very light glaze scratches and minor firing and glaze imperfections, the bowl is in very good overall condition.
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