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A LARGE JIN DYNASTY HENAN CIZHOU
MEIPING BOTTLE WITH RUSSET FLOWERS
Ceramic with faintly speckled black glaze and
brush paint in russet color
China, Jin Dynasty (1125 - 1234)
This fine and large Henan bottle vase has
a Meiping shape with a spout-like, everted
mouth on a short neck. It is covered with a
lustrous black glaze that shows fine speckles
and transitions to a brown hue at the mouth.
Executed with vivid brush strokes and
showcasing a russet color flowers have been
boldly painted onto the vessel. The foot rim
and underside left unglazed, revealing the
buff-colored body.
Shape: Meiping shape with everted mouth on
short neck
Dimensions: Height 36 cm
Condition: Excellent condition
Provenance: from the collection of Dr. Peter
Greiner, a noted collector and scholar on
Chinese ceramics and works of art, inventory
number P168 (label on underside)
Literature comparison: For two other Henan
114 number P96 (label on underside) bottle shaped vessels of similar shapes
A LUSHAN TANG DYNASTY and with comparable russet flower décor,
PHOSPHATIC-SPLASHED Literature comparison: 115 although much smaller in size see Christie’s,
OVIFORM EWER Bonham’s, THE FENG WEN TANG A CIZHOU WHITE-GROUND BROWN SLIP PAINTED MEIPING Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art,
Ceramic with brown glaze and COLLECTION OF EARLY CHINESE BOTTLE VASE, NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY 20 - 21 March 2014, NEW YORK, lot 2084 or
phosphatic splashes CERAMICS, 9 October 2014, Hong Ceramic with white and brown glaze, paintwork in dark chocolate brown Sotheby’s, CHINESE ART, 24 NOVEMBER 2014
China, Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) Kong, Admiralty, lot 240 (for a slip - 25 NOVEMBER 2014, HONG KONG, lot 1009.
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comparable ewer, measuring 21 China, Northern Song / Jin Dynasty, 12 – 13 century
This vessel shows a body of ovoid cm in height) 慹ẋ⣏✳㱛⋿䡩ⶆ湹慱湫剙⣏㠭䒞
form rising to a waisted neck This vessel shows a body of squat Meiping shape with an accentuated 湹慱丒湫剙䒟☐
and an everted rim, the shoulder Ⓒẋ欗Ⱉ䩗剙慱㲐⫸ foot rim and a slightly flared mouth. The neck is flanked by ribbed ᷕ⚳炻慹ẋ(1125 - 1234)
set with a short spout opposite 墸刚慱啵刚㔹䲳 handles. The upper part and the central body are glazed in white, whilst
a double-strap handle extending ᷕ⚳炻Ⓒẋ(618 – 907) the lower part shows brown glaze with dripping glaze running down to 忁ẞ䱦伶⣏⣏㯋䘬㱛⋿☐✳䁢㠭䒞⼊炻㐯⎋炻䞕
from the rim to the base of the the foot rim. 柠ˤ䒞幓央味叿ᶨ忻攫Ṗ䘬湹刚慱炻堐䎦↢䱦䳘
shoulder. The neck is flanked by 㬌⢢㨊⚻⼊儡炻䞕柠炻⸛⸽炻偑 䘬㔹䲳炻᷎⛐⎋ᷕ⏰䎦㡽刚刚婧ˤ 䓐歖导䘬䔓
double-strap lugs. The exterior and 悐䚠⮵ᶨ朊䁢㚚㝬炻⎎ℑ朊⎬㚱 Freely painted around the bother in dark chocolate color with floral 䫮㍷丒᷎⯽䎦䲭墸刚炻歖导䘬剙㛝塓⣏入⛘⟿
upper part of the inside dressed in ᶨ䲣ˤ忂橼㕥㶙墸刚慱炻䚜军⚰ sprays, swirls and geometrical ornaments. The slip at the shoulder was ⛐䒞幓ᶲˤ 儛怲␴⸽悐ⶎ“㛒ᶲ慱炻栗曚↢㶢
a dark brown glaze, stopping well 嵛ᶲ㕡ˤ removed during the manufacturing process, therefore this is considered 湫刚䘬䒞偶ˤ
above the accentuated foot. original to the piece.
㶙墸刚慱朊ᶲ㚱⣏入䘬䘥刚␴啵刚 㠭䒞炻㐯⎋炻䞕柠
The brown glaze is accented with 慱㔹炻㭼⤪偑悐ˣ㚚㝬⍲怲䶋䫱 Shape: Squat Meiping shape with ribbed handles ⯢⮠烉檀 36 cm
bold milky white and blue splashes 嗽炻溆䵜叿☐䈑炻昞䒟䓴䧙忁䧖“ Dimensions: 24,4 cm (height), 21 cm (maximum diameter) ⑩䚠㤝⤥
around the shoulder, handle 䩗嬲”啵慱䁢ḛ⃱慱ˤ Condition: Shows wear and traces of age, mainly abrasions or nicks 䞍⎵䘬ᷕ⚳昞䒟⍲ⶍ喅⑩㓞啷⁊⼤⼿·ㆰ厲䲵
and rim and also the inside. The Provenance: Austrian private collection; old paper label of the Austrian Peter Greiner ⌂⢓㓞啷炻㓞啷䶐嘇P96 (夳⸽悐)
bluish or yellowish-milky white ⼊䉨烉⢢⼊炻㚚㝬炻暁俛炻⢢◜ Bundesdenkmalamt (=Federal Monuments Office) with import date of
‘phosphatic’ splashes that decorate ⯢⮠烉檀15,2 cm 1924 on the bottom 㔯䌣⍫侫烉⎎⢾ℑẞ㚱栆Ụ剙䲳䚠Ụ䒞⼊⯢
the dark brown-glazed wares of ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻ᷣ天⛐㛒ᶲ慱⋨㚱⸜ ⮠䦵⮷䘬㱛⋿☐⎗夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪ᷕ⚳昞䒟⍲ⶍ喅
this type are applied after the initial 漉䘬䕽嶉 Literature comparison: for vessels with similar free floral paintwork on ⑩˫炻2014⸜3㚰20-21㖍炻䲸䲬炻2084嘇㉵⑩ㆾ
glazing. 䞍⎵䘬ᷕ⚳昞䒟⍲ⶍ喅⑩㓞啷⁊ white glaze see Sotheby’s, INFORMING THE EYE OF THE COLLECTOR: 喯⭴㭼˪ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻2014⸜11㚰24-25㖍炻楁
⼤⼿·ㆰ厲䲵Peter Greiner ⌂⢓㓞 CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART FROM J.T. TAI & CO., 22 㷗炻1009嘇㉵⑩ˤ
Shape: Ewer shape with handle, 啷炻㓞啷䶐嘇P96 (夳⸽悐) MARCH 2011, NEW YORK, lot 148 (for a small jar) or Christie’s, Chinese
lugs and spout. Ceramics and Works of Art, 19 September 2006, New York, lot 221 (for Estimate EUR 1.200.-
Dimensions: Height 15,2 cm 㔯䌣⍫侫烉恎侘㕗˪⣱㔯➪啷ᷕ a larger Meiping vase). Starting price EUR 600,-
Condition: Excellent condition ⚳㖑㛇䒟☐˫炻2014⸜10㚰9㖍炻
with traces of age, mainly to the 楁㷗炻240嘇㉵⑩炷栆Ụ☐䈑炻檀 ⊿⬳军慹䡩ⶆ䘥慱湹剙䲳㠭䒞
unglazed areas 21cm炸 㚱䢐㎵␴⸜ẋ䕽嶉炻ᷣ天㗗㒎 ㆾ⇣䕽
Provenance: from the collection of ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷烊䒞⸽㚱⤏⛘⇑㔯䈑⯨冲㧁䯥㲐㖶1924⸜
Dr. Peter Greiner, a noted collector Estimate EUR 800,-
and scholar on Chinese ceramics Starting price EUR 400,- Estimate EUR 800,-
and works of art, inventory Starting price EUR 400,-

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