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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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