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A RARE CIZHOU ‘PEONY-SCROLL’ CARVED EWER Compare with a related Cizhou white-glazed ewer, Northern Song
Northern Song/Jin Dynasty dynasty in the Tokyo National Museum, of similar form with a slender
The compressed globular body raised on a short and slightly spreading cylindrical neck and strap handle but carved through the white slip with
foot, the body carved with four large peony blossoms borne on leafy floral decoration, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National
scrolling foliage, reserved on a dense ring-punched ground, the wide Museum: Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, p.189, no.Hoyi2. Another
shoulder similarly decorated with floral scrolls, beneath a cylindrical related Cizhou carved vase, meiping, Song dynasty, in the Laiyantang
neck flanked by a short spout and strap handle, fitted box. collection, carved with a similar ring-punched ground but decorated
16.3cm (6 3.8in) high (2). with chrysanthemums, is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the
Laiyantang Collection, 2010, p.76, no.29.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000 The result of C-Link Research & Development Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.129YL05 dated 3 November 2010, is
consistent with the dating of this lot.
北宋/金 磁州窯白釉珍珠地刻牡丹執壺

Provenance: Susan Chen collection, no.132
The Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong circa
1980s-1990s

來源：
陳淑貞收藏，藏品132號
思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. PROPERTY FROM THE SZE YUAN TANG COLLECTION | 33