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691
A ‘CIZHOU’-TYPE WHITE-GLAZED EWER AND
COVER
SONG DYNASTY
the ovoid body rising to a sloping shoulder set with a slender
curved spout opposite a high looped strap handle and a
narrow cylindrical neck, the rounded body deftly carved
with two leafing peony flowers, the straight-sided cover
with a stepped and domed knop, the exterior covered
with a creamy-white translucent glaze pooling to a darker
tone within the recesses and finishing unevenly above the
unglazed and slightly spreading foot (2)
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of
her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc.
no. 1924.317a-b).

$ 4,000-6,000

宋 磁州窰系白釉刻牡丹紋執壺

來源
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) 收藏
1924年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，以紀念其
691 胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920)，館藏編號
1924.317a-b

692
A ‘CIZHOU’ SANCAI-GLAZED ‘PEONY’ PILLOW
SONG / JIN DYNASTY
of bean shape, the slightly concave top deftly incised with
a luxuriant amber-glazed peony blossom borne on a green-
glazed leafing stem amidst dense foliage on a creamy-white
ground, enclosed by an amber-colored triple-line border and
a green-glazed outer band of freely incised foliate motifs,
the glaze continuing down the sides carved with a band
of stylized foliage within multi-line borders and stopping
unevenly above the unglazed base
Length 11½ in., 29.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of
her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc.
no. 1924.300).
$ 8,000-12,000

宋 / 金 磁州窰三彩刻牡丹紋枕
692
來源
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) 收藏
1924年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，以紀念其
胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920)，館藏編號
1924.300

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