AN UNUSUAL LARGE CIZHOU CARVED JAR
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AN UNUSUAL LARGE CIZHOU CARVED JAR

CHINA, LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE CIZHOU CARVED JAR
CHINA, LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)
The sides carved through the white slip with a wide band of peony scroll with combed details reserved on a dark grey wash ground below a combed scallop border, all under a clear glaze
13 in. (33 cm.) diameter
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Lot Essay

A related jar in the Idemitsu Art Gallery, but with a taller neck, is illustrated by Tsugio Mikami in Sekai Toji Zenshu - 13 - Liao, Jin, Yuan, Tokyo, 1981, pp. 22-23, no. 13.

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