Lucie Rie created porcelain bowls of extraordinary refinement and restrained elegance that closely parallel the Qingbai aesthetic, favoring thin walled forms with subtle surface treatments and quiet glazes. Her devotion to pure form and delicate texture echoes the Song dynasty sensibility of understated beauty found in this lotus bowl.

Edmund de Waal works extensively with porcelain vessels drawing deep inspiration from East Asian ceramic traditions including Song dynasty Qingbai and celadon wares, producing bowls with translucent pale glazes and quiet contemplative surfaces. His scholarly and practical engagement with Chinese porcelain history makes his work a direct contemporary dialogue with this specific type of refined Song ceramic.