Lot Essay
A closely related miniature Cizhou black-glazed ewer of comparable size (7 cm. high), from the Cunliffe Collection, was sold at Bonham’s London, 11 November 2002, lot 34.
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NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
Details
A MINIATURE BLACK-GLAZED EWER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The ewer is delicately potted with irregular fluted sides applied with a short spout, rising to a narrow waisted neck and flaring widely to an everted rim that is flanked by a high arched handle. It is covered with a slightly mottled dark brown glaze thinning to russet at the rim and falling in an irregular line above the unglazed foot. The raised ridges of the lobed sides are applied with white slip forming ten slim vertical lines to the body.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The ewer is delicately potted with irregular fluted sides applied with a short spout, rising to a narrow waisted neck and flaring widely to an everted rim that is flanked by a high arched handle. It is covered with a slightly mottled dark brown glaze thinning to russet at the rim and falling in an irregular line above the unglazed foot. The raised ridges of the lobed sides are applied with white slip forming ten slim vertical lines to the body.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Mayuyama, Tokyo.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
Literature
Sen-oku Hakuko kan, Tokubetsuten Chuugoku tooji bi o miru kokoro (Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics), Tokyo, 2006, no. 27.
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 68, no. 88.
Christie’s, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics, An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 90, no. 30.
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 68, no. 88.
Christie’s, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics, An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 90, no. 30.
Exhibited
Sen-oku Hakuko kan, Tokyo, Tokubetsuten Chuugoku tooji bi o miru kokoro (Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics), 2006.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, 2006.
Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, 2006.
Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.
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