NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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A CIZHOU PAINTED MEIPING
NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Of attenuated form with deep tapering mouth rim, the body fluidly painted in brown on a white slip on both sides with a leafy peony stem, all under a clear glaze
15 1/8 in. (38.2 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Cizhou painted meiping of this type are particularly highly prized, and examples can be found in many famous collections. A very similar vase in the Indianapolis Museum of Art is illustrated by Y. Mino and J. Robinson in Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, Indianapolis, 1983, p. 195, pl. 71.

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