The thinly potted wine cup stand with a circular foot, supporting a broad, slightly rising tray leading to the cup holder with delicately rounded sides. The cup stand covered overall in an even and thin pale blue glaze (fitted box).
A miniature Qingbai-glazed wine cup stand (Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279)
Description
Dimensions: 8.5cm diameter
Provenance:
Tsu Po Antique Co., Hong Kong, 25 March 1995
A private English collection
The thinly potted wine cup stand with a circular foot, supporting a broad, slightly rising tray leading to the cup holder with delicately rounded sides. The cup stand covered overall in an even and thin pale blue glaze (fitted box).
Compare a similar cup stand and bowl, sold at Bonhams London, 6 November, 2014, lot 163. A related Qingbai cup stand is illustrated in ‘Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection’, B. Gyllensvärd, Stockholm, 1964, no.535, as well as two other related cups and stands, ibid. nos. 536 and 537. For a cup with a similarly everted rim, dated to AD 1101, excavated at Xingzi City, see ‘Dated Qingbai Wares of the Song and Yuan Dynasties’ S. Pierson, Hong Kong, 1998, no.25.
