A superb Qingbai glazed bowl with incised ducks, southern Song DynastyThe mirror finely engraved with a pair of ducks in a lotus blossom pond. The inner wall with engraved dot band, above it geometric ornamental band. The rim typically unglazed. The glazed exterior undecorated. Very flat foot ring. No cracks or chips! Intact. Diameter 15.5 cm. Height 3.3 cm. A bowl with rare motive in excellent condition from an old German private collection! Provenance: Private collection of Professor R., Munich. Previously in the Chinese ceramics collection of Dr. Friedrich Hesse in Dresden, auctioned 1940-10-18 at W. Lange Auction House (Berlin). On display in the exhibition "Chinesische Kunst" (Chinese Art), Society for Eastern Asian Art and Prussian Academy of Art, Berlin 1929.Condition: II +