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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
2843

A RARE CIZHOU CARVED ‘LOTUS’ BASIN
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The basin is potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim,
covered on the exterior with a dark brown slip, and on the interior
with a white slip. The interior is further carved with a large central
bloom on combed grounds below decorative bands on the cavetto.
12Ω in. (30.8 cm.) diam.
HK$160,000-240,000 US$21,000-31,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2234

This basin belongs to a distinctive group of Cizhou wares with carved
decoration on the interior incised through the white slip and with dark
slip covering the exterior. Most of the examples from this group appear
to be large bowls carved with a central bloom on the interior, and basins
appear to be a much rarer form. Compare to three large bowls from this
group in institutions worldwide, one in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, illustrated in Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, pls. 60
and 60a; one in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia,
accession no. 205.2006; and another one from the Dr. Yokogawa
Tamisuke Collection, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo
National Museum, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1965, p. 72, no. 298.

Compare also to a Song dynasty carved Cizhou basin of similar form
and carved floral decoration, covered in white slip, in the collection of
the Hakane Art Museum, Japan, illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years,
vol. 1, Tokyo, pl. 587.

北宋/金 磁州窯外褐裡白刻蓮紋折沿盆
來源:
香港佳士得，2013年5月29日，拍品2234號

2844
A YAOZHOU PERSIMMON-GLAZED
CONICAL BOWL

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The bowl with wide flaring sides is covered overall with a glaze of
reddish-brown tone, with the exception of the foot and convex base
revealing the brownish-grey body.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) diam.
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000

A similar persimmon-glazed bowl is in the Art Institute of Chicago
(obj: 239403) and illustrated by Rose Kerr, Yaozhou Wares from Museums
and Art Institutions Around the World, Hong Kong, 2021, no. 220.

北宋/金 耀州窯紫金釉笠式盌 (two views 兩面)

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