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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (2) 2333
A CIZHOU PAINTED ‘ZHANG FAMILY’ RECTANGULAR PILLOW
2332 YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
TWO SMALL YAOZHOU CELADON MOLDED CONICAL BOWLS
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY The top is painted in brown on a white slip under a clear gaze with
a poetic inscription, within a shaped panel reserved against abstract
The bowls are molded on the interior with four fsh swimming foral scroll. The sides are similarly decorated with shaped panels
amidst waves above a sea creature in the center, and cut on the enclosing bamboo, peony and lotus blossoms, and the base has the
exterior with radiating lines, all under a pale greyish-green glaze. maker’s stamp, Zhang jia zao.
4¬ in. (11.8 cm.) diam. 12Ω in. (30.7 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000 $3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
The Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007) Collection, and thence by The Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007) Collection, and thence by
descent to the present owner. descent to the present owner.
Molds for bowls with this design have been excavated from the Yaozhou 元 磁州「張家造」白地褐彩「扇銘」長方枕
kilns at Huangbaozhen, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
北宋/金 耀州窯青釉模印海獸紋笠式小盌一對
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