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AN UNUSUAL CIZHOU-TYPE
SGRAFFITO VASE

LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)

The high-shouldered vase is carved around the
sides through the cream slip to the pale grey body
with two large, leafy peony blossoms, beneath a
band of petals around the shoulder at the base of
the slender ribbed neck, all under a clear glaze.
14¿ in. (35.8 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1926.
A vase of similar proportions, also with broad
peony design beneath petal lappets, in the
Liaoning Museum, was found in 1974 at
Yemaotai town, Faku county, Liaoning province,
and is illustrated by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection
of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China - 2 - Tianjin,
Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Beijing, 2008, no. 98.
遼 白剔花纏枝花卉紋瓶
來源
Samuel T. Peters 夫人（1859-1943）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1926年。

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