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A SMALL ‘CIZHOU’ ROULETTED
JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the ovoid body rising from a short straight foot
to a wide neck, the gray stoneware body covered
with a creamy-white slip and a dark chocolate-
brown overslip, cut to the body with a roulette
forming bands of short oblique strokes in close-
packed rows, the exterior applied with a clear
glaze and the interior with a cascaded brown
glaze
Height 3¼ in., 8.1 cm

$ 10,000-15,000

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A CARVED ‘CIZHOU’ ‘LOTUS’
BOWL
JIN / YUAN DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides aring to a lipped rim, the
interior freely carved through the cream-colored
slip with a single lotus ower emerging from a
lea ng stem, all against a combed ground within
a line border, the underside with the slip and clear
glaze falling short of the foot revealing the bu -
colored body
Diameter 9¼ in., 23.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Robert Hat eld Ellsworth, New York,
acquired in Hong Kong, 1986.
Christie’s New York, 20th March 2015, lot 859.

$ 5,000-7,000

2015 3 20 1986
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