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A RARE SMALL CARVED YAOZHOU EWER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The upright sides of the cylindrical body are well carved with two peony sprays
below a band of overlapping petals on the canted shoulder that radiate from
the base of the small mouth which is fanked by a short spout on one side and
a looped, strap handle on the other. The vessel is covered with a clear glaze of
dark olive-green color that falls to the edge of the fat, unglazed base.
3º in. (8.2 cm.) across
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE The present ewer illustrated in The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes
and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfeld, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 71. Image
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection. courtesy of Springfeld Museums, Springfeld, Massachusetts.
The Springfeld Museums, Springfeld, Massachusetts, accessioned 1962.
Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1170.
EXHIBITED
New York, China Institute in America, Early Chinese Miniatures, 15 March -
29 May 1977, no. 204.
LITERATURE
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum
of Fine Arts, Springfeld, Massachusetts, 1965, p. 71.
北宋/金 耀州窯刻花花卉紋小壺
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