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Lot Essay
This elegant and rare persimmon-glazed meiping was formerly in the world-renowned Ataka Collection, formed by Ataka Eiichi (1901-1994). The Ataka Collection features about 1,000 pieces of Asian ceramics, and is celebrated for its exceptional quality.
The persimmon glaze was produced at several northern kilns in the Song dynasty and was highly admired for the attractive sheen on the surface. Persimmon-glazed meiping are very rare and only a few comparable examples are known. A closely related example is in the Harvard University Art Museums, illustrated by R. D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, pp. 123-124, no. 24. A slightly taller example with narrower shoulders, formerly in the collection of Sir Herbert Ingram (1875- 1958), was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2014, lot. 3323. A shorter and more globular vase is in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, and is illustrated by Gakuji Hasebe, Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 123. See, also, the truncated meiping in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 112.
The persimmon glaze was produced at several northern kilns in the Song dynasty and was highly admired for the attractive sheen on the surface. Persimmon-glazed meiping are very rare and only a few comparable examples are known. A closely related example is in the Harvard University Art Museums, illustrated by R. D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, pp. 123-124, no. 24. A slightly taller example with narrower shoulders, formerly in the collection of Sir Herbert Ingram (1875- 1958), was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2014, lot. 3323. A shorter and more globular vase is in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, and is illustrated by Gakuji Hasebe, Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 12, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 123. See, also, the truncated meiping in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 112.