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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. RALPH C. 1511
MARCOVE, NEW YORK
1512
1511
239
A RARE MINIATURE CIZHOU BEAN-
SHAPED PILLOW
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

The slightly concave top is carved through
the white slip with leafy scrolls reserved
against a blackish-brown ground within a
double-line border, all under a clear glaze,
except for the unglazed base. Together with
a miniature painted Cizhou fgure of a
recumbent tiger, Jin dynasty.
4 and 4Ω in. (10.1 and 11.4 cm.) wide (2)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Pillow: Alan Hartman Collection.
Tiger: Sotheby’s New York, 28 May 1991,
lot 190.
Dr. Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001)
Collection, New York.

金 磁州窯白地褐彩卷草紋小枕

1512

A RARE CIZHOU PAINTED EWER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH
CENTURY

The ewer is sturdily potted with an oviform
body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck
that rises to a canted mouth rim, a C-form
strap handle and a slightly curved spout, and
is painted in brown with two fower sprays
with combed details on a white slip under a
clear glaze that ends irregularly on the fared
foot to expose the buff ware.

10 in. (25.5 cm) high

$7,000-10,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 25 March 1998, lot
177.
Dr. Ralph C. Marcove (1929-2001)
Collection, New York.

北宋/金 磁州窯白地黑花執壺