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A LARGE CARVED CIZHOU BASIN
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The basin is potted with deep, rounded sides rising to en everted rim, and the interior is carved through the
white slip with a large central peony below a band of fower-heads and a band of leaf pattern encircling the
cavetto, all under a clear glaze that falls irregularly on the exterior towards the unglazed base to expose the
pale grey stoneware. Together with a catalogue of BSN Niigata Museum, Explanation of the Art Works (in
the Collection), Niigata, 1964, vol. 2.
14¡ in. (36.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$8,000-12,000

EXHIBITED
Niigata, BSN Niigata Museum, Explanation of the Art Works (in the Collection), 8 September - 11 November,
1964.
LITERATURE
BSN Niigata Museum, Explanation of the Art Works (in the Collection), Niigata, 1964, vol. 2.
北宋 磁州窯白剔花牡丹紋大盆

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