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and another was included in the exhibition Yoshuyo/The
A FINE AND RARE ‘YAOZHOU’ PEAR! Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Museum of Oriental Ceramics,
SHAPED VASE Osaka, 1997, cat. no. 103.
JIN DYNASTY Vases of this attractive form, but carved with ß oral designs
and coated in an olive glaze, include two smaller examples
of elegant pear-shaped form with a long waisted neck elegantly
excavated from the Yaozhou kiln sites at Huangpu near
ß aring to a broad mouth, supported on a short foot, covered Tongchuan in Shaanxi province, illustrated in Songdai Yaozhou
all over in a warm celadon glaze su% used with an attractive
yaozhi/The Yaozhou Kiln Site of the Song Period, Beijing, 1998,
crackle, the glaze wiped to a brownish-green at the base and
p. 292, Þ g. 148: 1 and 2, col. pl. 8, Þ g. 2 and pl. 77, Þ g. 4, the
foot
larger one probably illustrated again in Yaozhou yao/Yaozhou
28.8 cm, 11½ in.
Kiln, op. cit., (unnumbered plate); another excavated at
Huachi county, Gansu, and now in the Gansu Qingyang Region
PROVENANCE
Museum, published as an ‘excellent example of Yaozhou
Sotheby’s London, 12th November, 2003, lot 40.
ware’ in Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese
Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
ceramics], Shanghai, 1999-2000, vol. 7, pl. 126; and a third
example, included in several exhibitions including Yoshuyo/The
EXHIBITED
Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, op. cit., cat. no. 75, and sold in
Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum
th
these rooms, 11 May 2011, lot 2.
of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 92.
಴ £ 60,000-80,000
Elegant for its subtle glaze and slender form, Yaozhou vases
of this type are extremely rare. The plain, undecorated surface HK$ 665,000-885,000 US$ 84,500-113,000
highlights the luminescence of the slightly crackled glaze which
is displayed to full e% ect on its understated yuhuchun shape.
ږ ᘴψ㜺ڡཊᑔଧ
Yaozhou glazes of this type are generally dated to the Jin
period and provide a striking contrast with its vibrantly carved
and olive-green glazed counterparts for which the wares are Ը๕
ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ ϋ ˜ ˚d ᇜ໮
typically known.
ࢱ࢝ੀϗᔛd ࠰ಥ
Upright shapes of any kind are very rare among the large-
scale production of the main Yaozhou kilns. A closely related ࢝ᚎ
excavated vase, but lacking the crackle, , is published in ᗫˤהᔛ҂˾ௗନ‘d ࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d ࠰ಥd ϋd ᇜ໮
Yaozhou yao/Yaozhou Kiln, Xi’an, 1992, (unnumbered plate);

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