A rare and large 'Xing' conical bowlTang dynasty / Five Dynasties唐 / 五代 邢窰白釉大盌Diameter 8½ in., 21.7 cm来源: Description A rare and large 'Xing' conical bowlTang dynasty / Five Dynasties唐 / 五代 邢窰白釉大盌Diameter 8½ in., 21.7 cmCondition reportFor more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contactserina.wei@sothebys.com.ProvenanceCollection of Gustaf Lindberg(1887-1961). Sotheby's London, 12th December 1978, lot 115.Michael Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York.Gustaf Lindberg (1887-1961) 收藏倫敦蘇富比1978年12月12日，編號115Michael Weisbrod Chinese Art，紐約LiteratureGustaf Lindberg, 'Porcellanous Ware - Porcelain: Remarks Concerning Some Early Ceramic Wares of China', Ethnos, 1947, fig. 1 (center).Gustaf Lindberg, 'Hsing Yao: Attempt at an Interpretation of the T'ang Hsing Chou Ware', Oriental Art, Spring 1950, figs 1 (center) and 4 (top).Gustaf Lindberg, 'Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao: An Investigation and Description of some Chinese T'ang and Sung White Porcelain in the Carl Kempe and Gustaf Lindberg Collections', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, vol. 25, 1952, pls 7-8.Gustaf Lindberg，〈Porcellanous Ware - Porcelain: Remarks Concerning Some Early Ceramic Wares of China〉，《民族》，1947年，圖1 (中)Gustaf Lindberg，〈Hsing Yao: Attempt at an Interpretation of the T'ang Hsing Chou Ware〉，《東方藝術》，1950年春，圖1 (中) 及4 (上)Gustaf Lindberg，〈Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao: An Investigation and Description of some Chinese T'ang and Sung White Porcelain in the Carl Kempe and Gustaf Lindberg Collections〉，《遠東古物博物館館刊》，期25，1952年，圖版7-8Catalogue noteThe Xingkilns in Lincheng and Neiqiu counties of Hebei province were probably the most successful producers of white wares in terms of the material used, potting, glazing and firing of pieces during the Tang dynasty. Xingwares were likened to silver by the contemporary elite. According to Regina Krahl, the quality of wares produced at the Xingkilns increased substantially from the mid-Tang period onward, with the body becoming more porcellaneous andthe glaze achieving a very smooth quality with a distinct blue tinge. See Regina Krahl, 'Bright as Silver, White as Snow-White Wares of North and South China', inBright as Silver. White as Snow. Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1998, pp 15-24. The current bowl is of unusually large size, with a thick attractive creamy-white glaze, and preserved in very good condition.Gustaf Lindberg (1887-1961) was a peer of fellow early Chinese ceramic connoisseurs King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Carl Kempe.