Two white-glazed foliate dishes, Five Dynasties - Sotheby's
each dish molded with steep, slightly flared, fluted sides and supported on a slightly splayed foot of wedge section, the body covered in a vitreous white glaze, one base with unglazed section revealing the body turned a buff color in firing (2). Diameter 4 1/2 in., 11.4 cm - Estimation: 10,000 - 15,000 USD
PROVENANCE: Collection of Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009), acquired at Kalk Bay Antiques, Cape Town, 1970s.
NOTE: A dish of this form, glaze and dimension excavated from Bin County Shaanxi Province is illustrated in Yaoci tulu, Beijing, 1957, pls. 28 and 29.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 19 mars 2013 - www.sothebys.com