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A ‘CIZHOU’-TYPE PAINTED JAR
SONG DYNASTY
the globular body set over a low foot and rising
to a short upright mouthrim, covered overall in
an ivory glaze stopping neatly above the foot
and painted in bold black strokes with a foliate
scroll wrapping around the shoulder and sides,
the unglazed foot a pale buff tone
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of George Patrick Joseph Crofts
(1871-1925).
Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum,
Toronto, acc. no. 918.21.474, from 1918 to 1969.
$ 4,000-6,000

宋 磁州窰系白地黑花罐
755 來源
George Patrick Joseph Crofts (1871-1925) 收
藏
皇家安大略博物館收藏，多倫多，館藏編
號918.21.474，1918至1969年

756

A LARGE SGRAFFIATO BROWN-
GLAZED ‘CIZHOU’ JAR
YUAN DYNASTY
the sturdily potted body of ovoid form, the
rounded shoulders tapering to a wide rolled-
lipped rim, covered overall with a rich burnt-
umber brown glaze deftly carved through to
the buff ground with two bands of luxuriantly
scrolling leafy foliage reserved between line
borders, the neck and base unglazed
Height 19½ in., 49.5 cm
$ 15,000-20,000

元 磁州窰褐釉剔劃纏枝花葉
紋大罐

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