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1314 A RARE SMALL JIZHOU PAINTED
114 STONEWARE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN
DYNASTY, 12TH-14TH CENTURY
The vase is painted in brown on a white slip
with a design of waves, and on the neck with
bands of key fret and foliate scroll below a
rolled mouth rim, all under a clear glaze.
3√ in. (9.9 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel, Amsterdam.

A vase with similar wave design was sold
at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012,
lot 1972. Another vase of miniature form
with wave design throughout is located
in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum and
illustrated by J. C. Watt in The World of
Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan
Dynasty, New York, 2010, p. 277, fg. 307.
南宋/元 吉州窯小膽瓶

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL YAOZHOU
RUSSET-GLAZED JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY,
11TH-12TH CENTURY
The well-potted, high-shouldered body
is covered with a russet glaze that falls
in an irregular line above the foot to
reveal the fne pale grey ware and shades
to black on the neck, mouth rim and
interior of the cup-shaped mouth.
5 in. (12.2 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
北宋 柿釉盤口小罐