A RARE PAINTED JIZHOU OVOID VASE
PROPERTY FROM AN OLD NEW YORK COLLECTION
A RARE PAINTED JIZHOU OVOID VASE

SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAINTED JIZHOU OVOID VASE
SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
Loosely painted in brown with a bird perched on a flowering branch on one side, the reverse with a large banana tree emerging from behind a jagged rock, with butterflies between, with incised details, all under a clear glaze
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired 1920-1948.

Lot Essay

A similarly decorated brown-painted jizhou vase of high-shouldered form, also dated to the Southern Song or Yuan dynasties, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 519. See, also, the example of similar size and decoration illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 387, no. 175.

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