JIN DYNASTY (1127-1234)

A number of related carved Cizhou vases are in important private and museum collections. A similar bottle vase was illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 523. Another example is in the Honolulu Academy of Arts, illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, Stockholm, 1970, no. 55d. A third example is in the Tokyo National Museum, published by M. Tregear, Song Ceramics, London, 1982, no. 9.