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COLLECTION LOTS 758–763

758

A CIRCULAR WHITE-GLAZED
‘CIZHOU’ BOX AND COVER
SONG DYNASTY
the box resting on a conical base and narrow
straight foot, the short straight sides indenting
to a tapered rim, the cover with similar straight
sides surmounted by a flat domed top with a
series of concentric circles spaced irregularly
apart, applied overall with a creamy white glaze
stopping before the rims to reveal the buff
body, the base and interior partially glazed (2)
Diameter 4⅞ in., 12.3 cm

$ 8,000-12,000
758
宋 磁州窰白釉蓋盒

759
A SMALL ‘DING’ EWER
NORTHERN SONG / LIAO DYNASTY
with an ovoid body above a short slightly
tapered foot, set with a loop handle molded
as a partially bound rope, issuing from a scroll
terminal and dividing into three strands each
affixed to the rim with a molded leaf-shaped
pendant above the curved spout, covered in a
milky white glaze of grayish tone
Height 5⅞ in., 14.8 cm
A similar ewer in the Victoria and Albert
Museum is illustrated by John G. Ayers, Far
Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert
Musuem, London, 1980, pl. 81. Another was
sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 504.
$ 10,000-15,000

北宋 / 遼 定窰白釉提梁壺

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