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A ‘CIZHOU’-TYPE CUT-GLAZE JAR
YUAN / MING DYNASTY

the globular body rising to a short straight neck,
carved through the dark brown glaze with two
large peony sprays and two butter ies, framed
by a oral scroll border at the neck and a keyfret
band below
Height 8⅛ in., 20.5 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 LARGE ‘CIZHOU’ ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ JAR
YUAN DYNASTY

robustly potted, the ovoid body with broad
shoulders tapering to the foot, painted freely
with a dragon and phoenix amidst ruyi clouds
within scalloped borders, alternating with lotus
blossoms issuing from leafy vines, a collar of
petals encircling the straight neck, all in a rich
brown with light brown wash accents over a
cream-colored slip and covered with a translucent
glaze
Height 14⅝ in., 37.1 cm

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s New York, 7th December 1983, lot 245.

Compare a similar example in the Royal Ontario
Museum of Art, illustrated in Sherman E. Lee &
Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The
Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland Museum of
Art, 1968, cat. no. 47.

$ 8,000-12,000

1983 12 7 245

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