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A SMALL SHANXI BLACK-GLAZED
‘OIL-SPOT’ BOWL
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot,
covered overall with a lustrous black glaze,
su used with irregular metallic russet ‘oil-spots’,
the glaze falling short of the foot to leave an
unglazed area covered with dark brown slip
Diameter 3⅜ in., 8.7 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

⊿⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ湹慱㱡㺜䲳⮷䙴

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A ‘CIZHOU’ BLACK AND WHITE-
GLAZED DISH
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short
slightly splayed foot to an everted rim, decorated
overall with a mottled brownish-black glaze and
transparent glaze over white slip in producing of
an unusual color contrast resembling yin-yang,
the foot rim left unglazed revealing the pale bu -
colored stoneware body
Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm

It is rare to nd Cizhou wares with the same
design as the present dish, although a meiping,
decorated in the same style, in the Kai-Yin Lo
Collection, is included in the exhibition Bright as
Silver. White as Snow. Chinese White Ceramics
from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Denver Art
Museum, Denver, 1998, pl. 26.

$ 3,000-4,000

⊿⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ䡩ⶆ䩘湹䘥慱暁刚䚌

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A SMALL BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE
VASE
JIN DYNASTY

the pear-shaped body rising from a recessed
base to a slender neck with an everted rim,
covered overall with a lustrous black glaze, save
for the foot ring left unglazed to reveal the bu -
colored stoneware body
Height 5⅛ in., 13.1 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

慹ġġġ湹慱⮷䒞

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