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1117 PROPERTY FROM THE
PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION

1117
A RARE INCISED YUEZHOU CELADON
LEYS JAR, ZHADOU

SOUTHERN DYNASTIES-SUI DYNASTY,
6TH CENTURY
The sloping shoulder is incised with bands of lotus
petals above a band of stylized cloud motif, and the
jar is covered inside and out with a fnely crackled
clear celadon glaze that stops above the base
exposing the greyish body and a brown wash that
also covers the base.
3Ω in. (9 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

In New York prior to 2000.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 19 September 2003.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New
York.

Celadon wares with carved or incised lotus
design are known to have been produced in
Yuezhou ware in what is now modern day
Xiangyin county, Hunan province. See a
discussion about the Yuezhou ware in Mino
and Tsiang, Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of
Chinese Celadons, Indianapolis, 1986, p. 112.
Compare, also, the incised decoration on the
base of an iron spot-decorated celadon fgure of
a lion sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016,
lot 3101.

The result of Oxford Authentication
thermoluminescence test no. P100y68 (14
September 2000) is consistent with the dating
of this lot.
南朝/隋 岳州窯刻蓮紋奓斗

1118
A RARE SPLASH-GLAZED
APPLIQUE-DECORATED EWER

TANG DYNASTY, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
The ovoid body is covered with a dark brown glaze
decorated with splashes of pale bluish cream color
that highlight the three arrangements of foret
appliques on the shoulder and the handle that rises
to the pinched mouth rim.
8æ in. (21.7 cm.) high

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

In Hong Kong prior to 1996.
Sotheby’s New York, 22 September 2005, lot 10.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection,
New York.

The result of Chinese University of Hong Kong
thermoluminescence test no. 1171 (8 October
1996) is consistent with the dating of this lot.
唐 魯山窯花釉執壺

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