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A VERY RARE CARVED YAOZHOU PROVENANCE
PETAL-RIM JAR Mayuyama and Co., Ltd., Tokyo
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY EXHIBITED
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, The Masterpieces of
The jar is delicately potted with a bulbous body rising to a Yaozhou Ware, Yamaguchi, 25 October to 21 December 1997;
slightly waisted neck, flaring out elegantly to six naturalistically Osaka, 10 January to 22 February 1998; Aichi, 4 April to 10
everted petals. The tall outspread foot is pierced with two cloud- May 1998, Catalogue, no. 32
shaped apertures. The body is carved with six detached peony Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of
sprays and tendrils, below a band of upright lappets on the neck. Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to
It is covered with a lustrous glaze of olive-green tone pooling 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London,
in the recesses, with the exception of the ring foot revealing the 10 to 14 May 2013, Catalogue, no. 15
biscuit body.
LITERATURE
4¬ in. (11.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (eds), The Masterpieces of
Yaozhou Ware, Tokyo, 1997, p. 30, no. 32
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000 Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition
of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong,
北宋 耀州窯刻牡丹紋花口尊 2012, pp. 58-59, no. 15
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