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A CIZHOU CREAM GLAZED JAR AND 153
COVER 154
Song Dynasty
With gently rounded sides, the cover in the
form of a lotus leaf with stalk form finial, the
glaze falling short of the lower body and foot;
together with a large Jian ware ‘hare’s fur’
bowl with flaring rim, the lustrous thick black
glaze with russet streaking; and a smaller Jian
ware bowl, the glaze falling short of the foot to
reveal the cream buff body.
The large Jian ware bowl 18cm (7.1/8in) high.
(4).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000

Provenance
The jar and cover: Thomax Collection.

Exhibited
The jar and cover: Kinesisk Keramik,
Kollektion Thomax, Arabian Museo, Helsinki,
1994, cat. no. 7.

152
A JUNYAO ‘CHICKEN HEART-FORM’ JAR,
JIXINGUAN
Song-Jin Dynasty, 12th-13th century
The elegantly potted vessel with inward
sloping sides, raised on a short, neatly
trimmed foot rim, all covered in a very pale
blue glaze thinning to a mushroom hue at the
rim.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000

153
A JUNYAO BOWL
Song to Ming Dynasty
The hemi-spherical bowl all covered in a
thick transmutation glaze of a opalescent
sky-blue hue with lavender streaks, thinning
to mushroom at the rim, falling short of the
biscuit foot rim. 17cm (6 5/8in) wide

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

154
A SMALL JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED
BOWL
Song to Ming Dynasty
The conical vessel covered in a thick sky-
blue phase-separated glaze, thinning to a
streaky mushroom hue at the rim, the interior
and exterior with violet splashes, the glaze
stopping short of a small foot rim revealing the
brown biscuit.
9cm (3 1/2in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000

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