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A cIZhOu sgRAFFIATO blAcK-glAZed
glObulAR VAse, JIN OR XI XIA
China, 12th-13th century. The globular vase with a short flaring neck
and everted lip, covered in a lustrous black glaze stopping before the
foot to reveal the buff ware. The body is decorated with a broad band
of scrolling leaves neatly executed in sgraffiato technique.

Provenance: Ming House, Hong Kong. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired Literature comparison: r. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
from the above in 1999 (invoice not available). Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art Collection, Vols. I, London 1994, no. 453, p. 250. r. Mowry, Hare’s Fur,
historian and has been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers. Chinese brown- and black-glaze
He has authored hundreds of articles ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge (MA)
and several books on Dutch fine and 1996, no. 67, p. 189.
decorative arts spanning from the Middle
Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he AucTION ResulT cOMPARIsON
published an extensive study of Chinese Compare with a related but
riding gear in “Dragon & Horse, Saddle significantly larger vase sold by
rugs and Other Horse Tack from China Sotheby’s New york in Fine Chinese
and Beyond”. Between 1976 and 2009 he Ceramics and Works of Art on 18
worked for numerous museums across Dr. Koos de Jong and March 2008, lot 77, for USD $31,000.
the Netherlands and was the director of ingeborg de roode (photo
courtesy of Stedelijk
the European Ceramic Work Center in Museum Amsterdam)
Den Bosch. 磁州窯黑釉剔花紋罐，金或西夏
condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities. 中國，十二至十三世紀。鼓腹，短頸，小口外翻，黑釉剔花。
來源：香港Ming House收藏；Drs. Koos de Jong收藏，1999年購於上述收藏（發
Weight: 595.3 g 票已遺失）。Drs. de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家， 幾十年來他一直私人收藏中國藝
Dimensions: Height 13.2 cm 術品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書，內容涉及從中世紀到現代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝
術。 2013年，他在《Dragon & Horse：Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from
The very difficult technique used to produce the finely balanced design on China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研究。1976年至2009年
this vase was developed at the Cizhou kilns in the Northern Song dynasty. 間，他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作，並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷工作中心的主任。
品相：品相極好，輕微磨損與燒製瑕疵
It involved the application of a pale slip to the unfired stoneware vessel, 重量：595.3 克
followed by a dark slip. The outline of the decoration was then incised 尺寸：高13.2 厘米
through the dark top layer and the background area of the design was 拍賣結果比較：一個相似但要大很多的罐子于2008年3月18日紐約蘇富比《中國陶瓷
cut away to reveal the pale slip beneath. Details, such as stamens and 與工藝品》拍號77，成交價USD $31,000。
leaf veins, were also incised through the dark upper layer either with a
fine-point or a comb-like instrument. The thin colorless glaze could then be estimate euR 3.000,-
applied and the vessel fired. Starting price EUr 1.500,-

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