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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU LAMP A VERY RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 11TH-12TH CENTURY ‘SPECIAL BLESSINGS’ PILLOW
The lamp is potted with a wide rim carved with a leafy scroll on a 'fish-roe' NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
ground, above the broad cup-shaped holder, carved with petals, which is The concave top is carved through the white slip with the characters da
raised on a spreading foot. The whole is covered in a crackled clear glaze (great) and ji (auspiciousness), between two blossoming floral stems, all
over the white slip, stopping just above the splayed foot. reserved against a ring-punched 'fish-roe' ground. The sides are carved
5√ in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box with panels enclosing chrysanthemum blossoms.
9æ in. (25 cm.) wide
$10,000-15,000
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Frederick M. Mayer Collection. EXHIBITED:
The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art; Christie’s London, 24- New York, Kaikodo, 2013.
25 June 1974, lot 46.
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, by 1987. LITERATURE:
Mayuyama, Japan, 2011. Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2013, no. 50.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, 2012.
北宋 磁州白釉珍珠地劃花「大吉」枕
LITERATURE: 展覽:
Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 114. 紐約, 懷古堂, 2013年。
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2012, no. 55.
出版:
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2013年春季刊, 50號。
北宋 磁州白地劃卷草紋燈
來源:
Frederick M. Mayer 珍藏
The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art; 倫敦佳士得,
1974年6月24-25日, 拍品46號。
出光美術館, 東京，於1987年以前入藏。
繭山龍泉堂, 日本, 2011年。
展覽:
紐約, 懷古堂, 2012年。
出版:
《中国陶磁 : 出光美術館蔵品図錄》, 東京, 1987年, 圖版 114號。
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2012年春季刊, 55號。