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A CELADON-GLAZED ROSARY INCLUDING AN UNGLAZED SHRINE-SHAPED BEAD
Song Dynasty

A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art
31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
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A CELADON-GLAZED ROSARY INCLUDING AN UNGLAZED SHRINE-SHAPED BEAD

Song Dynasty
The spherical beads attached to shaped pendants resembling a disc above waves and plinths, covered in an ochre-yellow glaze. 40cm (15 3/4in) long.

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

宋 青釉念珠串

Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 1 February 2016 (collector's notes)

Published and Illustrated: M.White, People at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.5, n.p., 2024, p.106

來源：獲得於倫敦古董商 R & G McPherson Antiques，2016年2月1日（藏家筆記）

著錄：M.White，《People at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection》，第五冊，無出版地，2024年，第106頁

Qingbai prayer beads (fozhu, 佛珠), often referred to as mala beads, were used as aids when repeating mantras during Buddhist practice. A complete mala typically comprises 108 beads, a sacred number in Buddhism symbolising the removal of worldly desires. In this example, only 102 beads remain, likely due to losses sustained during historical restringing.

See a related Yueyao celadon-glazed rosary comprising 99 beads, Song dynasty, excavated in 1990 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and now in the collection of the Hangzhou Museum, illustrated by Du Zhengxian, Songya: Hangzhou nansong huangcheng tanmi (宋雅：杭州南宋皇城探秘), 2022, Hangzhou, p.180.

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