AN IMPORTANT CARVED AND INCISED YUEYAO VASE AND COVER

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AN IMPORTANT CARVED AND INCISED YUEYAO VASE AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES/NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY

The quatrefoil lobed ovoid body divided by triplet vertical ribs, the shoulder of each lobe with a well-carved floral medallion above freely- incised foliate patterns, the short tapering neck with an incised foliate collar and two lug handles, the domed cover in the shape of four lotus leaves surmounted by a stem finial, all under a thin, pale greyish-green glaze
15 1/2in. (39.5cm.) high

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No other vase combining this shape and decoration appears to have been published, although several related examples from important collections are known.

A vase of this quatrefoil lobed shape divided by triplet ribs with a similar cover but lacking the carved floral medallions from the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.11, fig.104, from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A vase of similar shape, divided into four lobes by triplet ribs with similar carved floral roundels above incised clouds, but with a high waisted neck was sold in London, 10 June 1986, lot 192. A vase with roundels and incised clouds but undivided into lobes and with a high waisted neck is illustrated in the Chang Foundation Inaugural Catalogue, col.pl.18. A vase with roundels but no incised decoration also in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is illustrated in op.cit., fig.109. A vase of quatrefoil lobed form with triplet ribs, incised decoration but no carved roundels from the British Museum is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.5, fig.46. Compare also the quatrefoil lobed vase with triplet ribs, carved roundels and incised decoration, but with spouts on the shoulder sold in Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 8

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