NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

A Cizhou-type ewer of very similar form, but with larger, more elaborately carved lotus petals around the exterior, is illustrated by G. Hasebe, Sekai Toji Zenshu - 12 - Sung Dynasty, Tokyo, 1977, p. 237, no. 224. See, also, the Cizhou-type ewer of this form in the Tokyo National Museum carved with stylized peony scroll around the sides illustrated by Y. Mino in Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1980, p. 45, pl. 10.