Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)The delicately potted cup with five lobed sides and incised to the exterior with petals and supported on a spreading foot, the stand with lobed sides as well and stepped platform to hold the cup, the rim incised with leaves, the stand and cup covered with a pale icy blue glaze. Diam. 12.5 cmProvenance:- E. Pranger Oriental Arts (PAN Amsterdam, 1996)- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, AmsterdamCompare:- R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. I, Londen 1994, no. 592, p. 317 - He Li, Chinese Ceramics, London 1996, p. 160, no. 282 and 285- J. Rawson (ed.) The British Museum Book of Chinese Art, London 1992, p. 30, fig. 9