A CHINESE QINGBAI PORCELAIN HORSE WITH GROOMS, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960–1127)
A Chinese porcelain horse cast standing foursquare on a rounded base with the grooms, with the head turned upwards, the ears pricked, saddle cloth draped over the back, an elaborate harness and strapwork over the face. The grooms dressed in a tunic, trousers, and cap, the arms suspended mid-movement and the face turned upward. All covered overall with a pale ice-blue translucent glaze.
Height: 21 cm.
Width: 14 cm.
A CHINESE CARVED QINGBAI CHICKEN HEAD EWER, SONG DYNASTY (960-1279) A Chinese porcelain ewer, the ovoid body rising to a long lobbed neck and an everted rim, a strap handle opposite the chicken head spout. The body applied and incised with floral leafy sprays between two bands of leaves and a petal lappet border to the base. The ewer is covered overall in a pale blue transparent glaze. Height: 18.5 cm.
A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED KUNDIKA,19TH CENTURY
The body of pear form rising to a slightly waisted tall neck collared by a small disk and continuing to a narrow opening, the shoulders set with an upright dragon head spout, all covered with a thin transparent glaze, carved with bands of upright stiff leaves and floral leafy sprays.
Height: 20 cm.