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A LARGE ‘CIZHOU’ WHITE-GLAZED
SGRAFFIATO VASE
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the slender ovoid body rising from a recessed
base to a short waisted neck with a lipped rim,
freely incised to the body with two rows of
alternating chrysanthemum blossoms borne
on undulating leafy stems, between a band of
overlapping petals encircling the base and foliate
scrolls around the shoulder, all reserved on a
‘pearl’ ground, covered overall with a transparent
glaze save for the base left unglazed to reveal the
reddish-brown stoneware body
Height 14⅝ in., 37 cm
$ 40,000-60,000
IMPORTANT CHINESE ART 161
