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47. A Cizhou Carved White-Glazed Meiping
Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115–1234)
of stoutly potted ovoid form, boldly decorated with broad bands of foliate scroll on the swelling
sides below a matching narrow band high on the rounded shoulders surmounted by a narrow
mouth with square-cut flanged rim above a collar of overlapping petals, the decoration all carved
through the cream-white slip to the mottled oatmeal-colored pottery ground and covered with a
clear glaze, the sides tapering down to a wide foot enclosing a countersunk flat base.
Height 12 inches (30.5 cm)
A similar Cizhou white-glazed meiping of more slender proportions with less elaborately carved foliate scroll decoration on
a hatched ground is illustrated by Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese Ceramics, Vol. I, Geneva, 1968, fig A75.
金 磁州白釉刻花梅瓶 高 30.5 厘米
