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The Property of a North American Collector
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE DING CARVED 'PEONY' VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
Details
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE DING CARVED 'PEONY' VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The exquisite vase is with an elegant tall neck that flares subtly to an everted rim, surmounting a full globular body and supported by a splayed foot. The body is finely carved with two peony sprays, with stems and foliage extending gracefully toward one another, and the vase is covered in a creamy-white glaze, with the hollow foot and base left partly glazed.
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high.
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The exquisite vase is with an elegant tall neck that flares subtly to an everted rim, surmounting a full globular body and supported by a splayed foot. The body is finely carved with two peony sprays, with stems and foliage extending gracefully toward one another, and the vase is covered in a creamy-white glaze, with the hollow foot and base left partly glazed.
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high.
Provenance
Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow (1881-1968 and 1885-1989)
Sold at Christie’s London, 8 December 1986, lot 227
The Muwen Tang Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 November 2003, lot 8
Eskenazi Ltd., London
Xiwenguo Zhai Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3218
Sold at Christie’s London, 8 December 1986, lot 227
The Muwen Tang Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 November 2003, lot 8
Eskenazi Ltd., London
Xiwenguo Zhai Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3218
Literature
Michael Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 41, no. C178
Jan Wirgin, ‘Sung Ceramic Designs’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 42, 1970, pl. 61c
W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics, Edinburgh and London, 1975, pl. 60
Basil Gray, Sung Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1984, pl. 48
Jan Wirgin, ‘Sung Ceramic Designs’, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 42, 1970, pl. 61c
W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics, Edinburgh and London, 1975, pl. 60
Basil Gray, Sung Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1984, pl. 48
Exhibited
Song Dynasty Wares: Ting, Ying Ch'ing and Tz'u Chou, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1949, cat. no. 13
Chinese Ceramics from Sir Alan Barlow's Collection, Arts Council, London, 1953, no. 42
The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1960, cat. no. 27, pl. 15
A Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramic Art, Oriental Ceramic Society, Quantas Gallery, London, 1966, cat. no. 23
The Ceramic Art of China, Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1971, fully illustrated catalogue in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 38, 1969-71, pl. 43, cat. no. 68
Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990-91, cat. no. 87
Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 10
The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures, Min Chiu Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2010-11, cat. no. 97
Chinese Ceramics from Sir Alan Barlow's Collection, Arts Council, London, 1953, no. 42
The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1960, cat. no. 27, pl. 15
A Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramic Art, Oriental Ceramic Society, Quantas Gallery, London, 1966, cat. no. 23
The Ceramic Art of China, Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1971, fully illustrated catalogue in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 38, 1969-71, pl. 43, cat. no. 68
Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990-91, cat. no. 87
Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 10
The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures, Min Chiu Society Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2010-11, cat. no. 97