A glazed stoneware dish
Southern Song period (1127 - 1279), Guan ware, Hangzhou kilns, Zhejiang province
Diameter: 14.6cm
Of the well-known and much documented imperial kilns of the Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Guan or ‘official’ wares are amongst the most highly regarded by collectors, starting from the period of their production at the imperial Hangzhou kilns, to the present. This impressive blue-green-glazed stoneware dish was formerly in the celebrated collections of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) and J. M. Hu (1911-1995).
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