Lot 835
835
A CARVED CIZHOU JAR
A CARVED CIZHOU JAR
A CARVED CIZHOU JAR
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A CARVED CIZHOU JAR

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY

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A CARVED CIZHOU JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
The globular body is carved through the white slip with three leaping deer on a ring-punched ground interspersed with stylized clouds and flame motifs, all above a band of overlapping petals above the foot. The incised decoration has been infilled with a reddish-brown pigment and the jar is covered overall with a clear glaze.
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) wide
Provenance
Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, 2000.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3185.

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Lot Essay

The decoration of a leaping deer on a ring-punched ground can also be found on Song-dynasty Cizhou pillows. See two examples illustrated by J. Wirgin in Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979, pl. 43, b (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and c (formerly Lord Cunliff Collection).

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