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97 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
124 SOTHEBY’S
A PAIR OF ‘JIZHOU’-TYPE ‘TORTOISESHELL’
VASES
SOUTHERN SONG - YUAN DYNASTY

each of baluster form rising from a slightly splayed foot to a
slender waisted neck and ared mouth, covered with a lustrous
persimmon glaze with tan spots over swathes dappled with
dark brown, the glaze stopping above the base to reveal the
brown clay body (2)
Height of taller 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Benjamin Shepps, Florida (according to label).
Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York.

$ 5,000-8,000

Benjamin Shepps
Weisbrod Chinese Art

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A LARGE BLACK-GLAZED ‘RIBBED’ JAR
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

of ovoid form rising to a short neck with lipped rim, the body
with a series of evenly-spaced raised vertical trails of white slip,
a pair of ridged and tapering strap handles on the shoulder,
covered overall in a black glaze and thinning to cream color
at the raised ribs and stopping well short of the foot revealing
a pale brown slip underneath, the interior and base similarly
dressed, leaving the broad bu -colored knife-pared footring
exposing the body, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 11 in., 28 cm

PROVENANCE
Michael B. Weisbrod, New York.
The attractive ribs adorning this jar were carefully applied in
slip onto the surface of the vessel before the application of
glaze. During ring the glaze pulled away from the ribs to result
in a striking contrast of delicate white lines emerging from a
glossy black ground. A similar jar from the collection of Mr.
and Mrs. Janos Szekeres was included in the exhibition Hare’s
Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers, Arthur M. Sackler
Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA,
1995, cat. no. 61, where it is noted that these ribs were rst
used on ceramics during the Tang dynasty in imitation of Tang
lacquer and silver, and emerged as a decorative category by
the 12th century (p. 176).

$ 15,000-20,000

Michael B Weisbrod