A LARGE HIGH-FIRED WHITE-GLAZED CUP
A LARGE HIGH-FIRED WHITE-GLAZED CUP
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A LARGE HIGH-FIRED WHITE-GLAZED CUP

SUI DYNASTY (AD581-618)

Details
A LARGE HIGH-FIRED WHITE-GLAZED CUP
SUI DYNASTY (AD581-618)
4 13⁄16 in. (12.2 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1984
A European private collection
Sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1457

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Lot Essay

Fine high-fired white wares of this type were made at both the Xing kilns in Hebei province and the Gongxian kilns in Henan. Similar cups dated to the Sui dynasty have been excavated at the site of the Xing kiln and are illustrated in Wenwu 1987:9, pp. 4-5, figs. 6 and 10-4. The present cup, however, is of unusually large size. One of comparable size (12.9 cm.) was sold at Christie’s New York, The Falk Collection I, 21 September 2001, lot 10. See, also, the pair (12 cm. diam.) illustrated in the catalogue of the Charles B. Hoyt Collection Memorial Exhibition, 1952, p. 37, no. 142.

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