TWO QINGBAI-GLAZED BOWLS AND A QINGBAI-GLAZED VASE Song/Yuan Dynasty Comprising: a deep bowl incised to the interior with stylised lotus blooms on a hatch pattern ground; a shallow dish incised to the centre with a lily, the exterior with two rows of radiating petals; and an unusual pear-shaped vase, supported on three flaring feet and with tubular handles at the neck, the body applied with three amber-glazed flowerheads, the rim also decorated with an amber glaze. The largest bowl: 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (3). Footnotes: 宋/元 青白盌兩件及瓶一件 Provenance: John Drew (1933-2006), England, collection no.64 (label) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, June 2007 (the vase)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.288 (the vase) John Drew (1933-2006) was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, and educated at Sedbergh School and the Queen's College, Oxford. He spent the majority of his professional career as an archivist in various African countries, before taking up a post at the University of Cape Town in 1978. His collection of Chinese ceramics encompasses pieces from the Neolithic period through to the eighteenth century. See R. Davids & D. Jellinek, Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America, Oxford, 2011, p.157. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing