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7 A RARE CIZHOU WHITE-GROUND PAINTED
‘PEONY AND BUTTERFLY’ TRUNCATED MEIPING
JIN DYNASTY

金 well potted with an almost globular body rising from a countersunk base to a

short waisted neck and flaring mouth-rim, the exterior freely decorated in dark

brown slip and highlighted with incisions with three large peony blooms wreathed

磁 by slender leaves, each blossom with a butterfly fluttering nearby, all against a
州 creamy-white slip applied to the exterior save for the footring, the unglazed pale
白 grey footring fired to a light buff-orange tone
釉
黑 h. 23.4 cm, 9⅛ in.
牡
丹
花
矮
梅
瓶

PROVENANCE 來源：
Collection of the Chang Foundation, Taipei. 鴻禧美術館收藏，台北

LITERATURE 出版：
James Spencer (comp.), Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing 史彬士（編纂），《中國歷代陶瓷選集》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1990年，
Dynasties, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1990, cat. no. 48. 編號48

HK$ 2,400,000-3,500,000
US$ 308,000-449,000

98 | SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比