A GROUP OF MINIATURE QINGBAI GLAZED VESSELS Song Dynasty Comprising: a lobed box and cover, with a raised lotus decoration to the cover, covered in a soft grey-green glaze, impressed mark to the base xu jia he zi ji (box made by the Xu family); a cup and stand each with a moulded radiating flower petal design, covered in a vivid blue-green glaze; and a melon form lobed box and cover, decorated in a creamy glaze. The cup stand 7cm (2 3/4in) diam. (6). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 宋 青白袖珍瓷器一組 「許家合子記」款 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2003 (collector's notes) (the melon form box and the cup and stand) R & G McPherson Antiques, London, February 2007 (collector's notes) (the lotus decorated box) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol. 4, n.p, 2023, p.63 (the two boxes) Qingbai wares emerged from the Jingdezhen kilns and are characterised by a slightly blue tinted glaze over white porcelain. The translucent colour evokes smooth carved jade or clear water over white stone, reflecting Song dynasty values of harmony with nature. The lobed shape of the boxes in the present lot further mimic the natural forms of gourds and flowers, embodying their organic symmetry. For a related inscribed box, Northern Song, 11th-12th century, see S. Pierson, Qingbai Ware: Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, London, 2002, p.186, no.100 and for a gourd-form box and cover, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, see p.188, no.102. Compare with a lobed Qingbai box signed xu jia he zi ji sold by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on 30 November 2017, lot 418. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing