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A ‘CIZHOU’ WHITE-GLAZED
SGRAFFIATO JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the baluster body rising to a slightly tapered short
neck, boldly carved with a oral scroll between
lappet bands, all reserved on a ring-punched
ground, covered in a creamy-ivory glaze stopping
just above the foot revealing the gray body, the
interior and rim applied with a brown glaze
Diameter 9⅞ in., 25.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Ambassador Dr. Carlos Augusto R.
Santos-Neves (b. 1944), acquired in the 1980s.
$ 5,000-7,000
Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves
( 1944) 1980
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A ‘CIZHOU’ PAINTED
‘CALLIGRAPHIC’ MEIPING
YUAN DYNASTY
the globular body rising from a tapered base to a
rounded shoulder and a short neck, freely painted
in iron-brown on a white slip ground with a
sixteen-character inscription between horizontal
lines and a band of stylized oral sprays
Height 8⅛ in., 20.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Ambassador Dr. Carlos Augusto R.
Santos-Neves (b. 1944), acquired in the 1980s.
$ 6,000-8,000
Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves
( 1944) 1980
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