A DINGYAO DISH, A QINGBAI TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND A QINGBAI BOX AND COVER Song/Yuan Dynasty (4)

A DINGYAO DISH, A QINGBAI TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND A QINGBAI BOX AND COVER Song/Yuan Dynasty Comprising: a Ding-type dish with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an unglazed lipped rim, the interior decorated with a cut single ring, overall covered with a creamy white glaze; an eight-lobed Qingbai box and a domed cover moulded with floral heads on top, the exterior and interior covered in a subtle green glaze, the base unglazed, fitted box; and a Qingbai tripod incense burner, the compressed globular body decorated with six circular panels rising to a faceted neck terminating at a flat, foliate rim surmounted by a pair of rectangular handles, the body supported on three feet issuing from mythical beast heads, covered in a pale blue glaze, fitted box. The dish: 16.4cm (6 1/2in) diam. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 宋/元 青白釉花卉紋蓋盒 青白釉花口雙耳獸足爐 及定窯白釉盤 一組三件 Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： 倫敦古董商 Ben Janssens Oriental Art Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2008, London, 2008, pp.96-97 (the dish) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2012, London, 2012, pp.80-81 (the Qingbai box and cover) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2015, London, 2015, pp.52-53 (the incense burner) 展覽著錄： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2008》，倫敦，2008年，第96-97頁（盤） Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2012》，倫敦，2012年，第80-81頁（蓋盒） Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2015》，倫敦，2015年，第52-53頁 （爐） Qingbai, literally meaning 'bluish white', is also known as yingqing (shadow blue). The colour is achieved through the reduction of a minor quantity of iron used as a colorant in the glaze. Compare the Qingbai box and cover with a similar Qingbai box and cover, Song dynasty, illustrated in Dated Qingbai Wares of the Song and Yuan Dynasties 宋元記年青白瓷, Hong Kong, 1998, p.52, pl.29. See also a related Qingbai flower-form box and cover, Southern Song dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2019, lot 1019. Qingbai porcelain incense burners, inspired by the shapes of archaic bronzes, were popular during the Song dynasty (960–1279). These burners typically feature a Ding form, characterized by a rounded body and straight neck. However, Qingbai incense burners with a faceted neck, as seen in the present lot, are very rare. See two related Qingbai incense burners, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics 中國陶瓷全集, vol.11, Yuan dynasty II, Shanghai, 2000, nos.20 & 21, p.46. See also a related Qingbai tripod incense burner, Song/Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 June 2017, lot 531 (part lot). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing