A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' JAR

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The high-shouldered, tapering body is carved with a leafy, foliate scroll bearing three large peony blossoms above a band of upright petals around the foot, all in black slip on a white slip ground and covered with a clear glaze.
8 ¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Literature

Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 128-129, no. 51.

Exhibited

Christie's, The Classic 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.

Lot Essay

Cizhou sgraffiato jars of this elegant, high-shouldered form are extremely rare. A Cizhou sgraffiato jar of larger size (27.6 cm. high), decorated with peony sprays in the Toguri Collection, was later sold at Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2004, lot 62. A Cizhou jar of similar form, but with reverse-decorated main motifs, is illustrated in Special Exhibition: Charm of Black & White Ware; Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka, 2002, p. 88, no. 57.

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