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NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
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A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' MEIPING
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The tapering body is freely carved through the creamy white slip with three pairs of peony blossoms borne on meandering stems with broad leaves, between a band of elongated petals around the foot and a band of rounded petals on the shoulder, all under a clear glaze stopping short of the deeply sunken base to reveal the buff body.
12 5/8 in. (31 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The tapering body is freely carved through the creamy white slip with three pairs of peony blossoms borne on meandering stems with broad leaves, between a band of elongated petals around the foot and a band of rounded petals on the shoulder, all under a clear glaze stopping short of the deeply sunken base to reveal the buff body.
12 5/8 in. (31 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Kochukyo, Tokyo.
Literature
Kochukyo, Soji (Song Ceramics), Tokyo, 1998, no. 26.
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Charm of Black & White Ware: Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, 2002, no. 36.
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Charm of Black & White Ware: Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, 2002, no. 36.
Exhibited
Kochukyo, Soji (Song Ceramics), Tokyo, 2-4 October 1998.
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Charm of Black & White Ware: Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, 1 October-8 December 2002.
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Charm of Black & White Ware: Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, 1 October-8 December 2002.