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836 A CARVED CIZHOU SGRAFIATTO
VASE, MEIPING
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The tapering body is carved through the creamy-white slip
to the pale-grey ground with a central band of geese and
oversized leaves between two foliate scrolls above and a
petal border below, all under a clear glaze.
14æ in. (37.5 cm.) high, cloth box
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3424.

A Cizhou meiping of very similar form carved with the
same pattern is in the collection of the Tokyo National
Museum, donated by Mr. Hirota Matsushige, and
is published in Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National
Museum: Chinese Ceramics I, Tokyo, 1988, p. 138, no.
555. A slightly larger Cizhou meiping with related bands
of decoration is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, accession no.
26.292.56.

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835 A CARVED CIZHOU JAR 北宋ǭ十一世紀ǭ磁州窯白釉Ⅷⅸ地劃花鹿紋罐
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
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leaping deer on a ring-punched ground interspersed with
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stylized clouds and flame motifs, all above a band of overlapping
petals above the foot. The incised decoration has been infilled
with a reddish-brown pigment and the jar is covered overall
with a clear glaze.
7Ω in. (19 cm.) wide

$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, 2000.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3185.

The decoration of a leaping deer on a ring-punched ground
can also be found on Song-dynasty Cizhou pillows. See two
examples illustrated by J. Wirgin in Sung Ceramic Designs,
London, 1979, pl. 43, b (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and
c (formerly Lord Cunliff Collection).

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