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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN

Property from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
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AN EXTREMELY RARE PAINTED CIZHOU DEEP It is exceedingly rare to find a painted Cizhou deep bowl decorated
BOWL entirely with butterflies, as seen on this elegant deep bowl. This design
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234) of butterflies appears to be on only two other published examples: one
illustrated by Hasebe Gakuji, Toki Zenshu, 13, So No Jishuyo (Ceramics
7Ω in. (19 cm.) diam., lacquer cover, silk pouches, Japanese wood box
Anthology, 13, Song Cizhou ware), Tokyo, 1958, no. 35, and the other of
$60,000-80,000 slightly smaller size in the Umezawa Collection, illustrated by Hasebe
Gakuji, ed., Toji Taikei 39: Jishu Yo (Compendium of Ceramics 39:
PROVENANCE:
The Manno Art Museum, Osaka, no. 458. Cizhou Wares), Tokyo, 1974, no. 58.
One Man's Vision: Important Chinese Art From the Manno Art Museum;
Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 516. This well-potted deep bowl set on a small-diameter straight foot is one
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo. of the most elegant forms produced at the Cizhou kilns, and appears
Linyushanren Collection, Tokyo. to have been particularly popular during the Jin period. The form was
The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics - The Linyushanren Collection, Part III; decorated in a number of different styles, but in all cases, including (another view with box)
Christie's New York, 22 March 2018, lot 514. the present example, the foot and the lower part of the exterior were
neither glazed nor covered in slip, and the pale beige color of the clay
EXHIBITED: contrasts with the creamy white of the rest of the vessel. The interior
Tokyo, Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run and the upper part of the exterior have a white slip covered with a
Through 10 Years’, 2006. colorless, transparent glaze.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song
Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22-27 November Deep bowls of this type have been excavated from the Guantai kilns
2012; New York, 15-20 March 2013; London, 10-14 May 2013. in Cixian, Hebei province. Some of these were left plain white, such
as the example illustrated in Beijing Daxue Kaogu Xuesi, Guantai
LITERATURE:
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Cizhou yaozhi, Wenwu chubanshe, Beijing, 1997, color pl. VI, no. 2,
Years’, 2006, p. 69, no. 91. or decorated with linear sgraffiato designs incised through the slip to
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures reveal the body beneath, ibid., color pl. VI no. 1, monochrome pl. XIII,
from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 138-39, no. 57. no. 4. The majority of the deep bowls, both excavated and preserved in
collections, are decorated with bold designs painted in black or dark
brown slip (see ibid., color pl. VI, no. 3, monochrome pl. XIII, no. 3,
left and right, pl. XIV, no. 1; and Yutaka Mino, Freedom of Clay and
Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou type
Wares, 960-1600 A.D., Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1980, pp. 152-3,
pl. 64, figs. 170, 171, 173). The most effectively decorated are those, like
the current bowl, which have bold black painted decorative motifs, on
which details have been incised through the black slip to reveal the
white slip beneath, see Guantai Cizhou yaozhi, op. cit., monochrome
pl. XIII, no. 3, center.
Many of the most appealing decorative themes seen on deep bowls
decorated using this technique are inspired by the natural world: for
example, a striking bowl decorated with fish with cross-hatched scales,
also from the Linyushanren Collection, was sold at Christie’s New York,
15 September 2016, lot 710. Another popular decorative theme was
flowers and plants, as seen on the bowl illustrated by Mikami Tsugio,
Sekai Toji Zenshu (Ceramic Art of the World), vol. 13: Liao, Chin and
Yüan Dynasties, Tokyo, 1981, p. 237, no. 245. Some of these have the
addition of butterflies, such as the examples illustrated ibid. p. 237, nos.
244 and 248.

高曼珍藏
金 磁州窯白地黑花蝴蝶紋缽
來源:
萬野美術館藏品，大阪，編號458
《One Man's Vision: Important Chinese Art from the Manno Art Museum》，香
港佳士得，2002年10月28日，拍品編號516
千秋庭，東京
臨宇山人珍藏，東京
《古韻天成－臨宇山人珍藏（ 三 ）》，紐約佳士得，2018年3月22日，拍品編號
514
展覽:
東京，千秋庭，「創立10周年記念展覽會」，2006年
佳士得，「古韻天成：臨宇山人宋瓷珍藏展覽」，香港，2012年11月22至27日；紐
約，2013年3月15至20日；倫敦，2013年5月10至14日
出版:
千秋庭，《中國美術蒐集》，東京，2006年，頁69，編號91
(detail)
佳士得，《古韻天成：臨宇山人宋瓷珍藏展覽》，香港，2012年，頁138-139，編
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