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944 A QINGBAI ‘MELON’ BOX AND COVER
SONG DYNASTY
A WHITE GLAZED ‘CIZHOU’ EWER
SONG DYNASTY of compressed globular form resembling a melon with lobed
sides, an applied curled stem emerging from the convex center
of ovoid form rising to a tall cylindrical neck with a lipped rim, of the cover, applied overall in a translucent light turquoise-
supported on a splayed foot, the short tapered spout set blue glaze pooling in the recesses, save for the raised interior
opposite the ribbed handle, with a double line incised around rim and base left unglazed revealing the white body, the latter
the shoulder, covered overall in a vitreous cream-colored with a four-character mark in relief reading Cai jia hezi ji (the
glaze, Japanese wood box (3) Cai family [made this] box) (2)
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm Diameter 5¼ in., 13.4 cm
$ 4,000-6,000 PROVENANCE
Belgian Private Collection.
⬳ġġġ䡩ⶆ䩘䘥慱➟⢢ $ 3,000-5,000

945 ⬳ġġġ曺䘥慱䒄⼊味䙺
˪哉⭞⎰⫸姀˫㫦
72 SOTHEBY’S
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945

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PETER M.
GREINER

A GREEN SPLASHED EWER
TANG DYNASTY

the ovoid body rising from a short splayed foot to a trumpet
neck, the rounded shoulder set with a double-strap handle and
a short upright spout, the freely applied emerald-green glaze
running in rivulets down the white slip and pale gray ware
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm.
PROVENANCE
Acquired between 1970-1979, (inventory no. P52).
$ 3,000-5,000

Ⓒġġġ䘥慱䵈⼑➟⢢