拍品專文
Dark-glazed stoneware vessels with ribbed decoration were made at numerous kilns in north China during the late Northern Song and Jin periods; sherds and vessels have in particular been recovered in Shandong province, Hebei province and Henan province. See Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995-1996, Exhibition Catalogue, pp.176 and 177 for a discussion on these wares, and no.61 for the example in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Janos Szekeres. A similar jar is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by M. Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, 1974, pl.109B. Others are illustrated by S. Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1992, no.34; by Hayashiya and Hasebe, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1966, p.61, fig.93; and by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979, pl.53k for the Malcolm Collection example. A similar slightly larger jar is in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol.9, colour pl.68. Several examples are recorded in Japanese Museums and Collections, including Mayuyama, Idemitsu and Matsuoka.
A jar of similar proportions but slightly smaller than the present lot from The Frederick M. Mayer Collection, which was excavated at Jinghe Xian, Hebei province, and exhibited, The Art of Southern Sung China, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1962, Catalogue no.100, was sold in these Rooms, 24 and 25 June 1974, lot 51; it was subsequently illustrated by A. du Boulay, op.cit., 1984, p.82, fig.1. Another from the Scheinman Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 23 March 1995, lot 76; a further example from the Su Lin An Collection was sold in Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 306; and a jar of this form with an unusual hare's-fur-type glaze was sold in these Rooms, 15 June 1998, lot 81.
A jar of similar proportions but slightly smaller than the present lot from The Frederick M. Mayer Collection, which was excavated at Jinghe Xian, Hebei province, and exhibited, The Art of Southern Sung China, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1962, Catalogue no.100, was sold in these Rooms, 24 and 25 June 1974, lot 51; it was subsequently illustrated by A. du Boulay, op.cit., 1984, p.82, fig.1. Another from the Scheinman Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 23 March 1995, lot 76; a further example from the Su Lin An Collection was sold in Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 306; and a jar of this form with an unusual hare's-fur-type glaze was sold in these Rooms, 15 June 1998, lot 81.