拍品專文
Dark-glazed stoneware vessels with ribbed decoration were made at numerous kilns in north China during the late Northern Song and Jin periods; sherds and vessels have in particular been recovered in Shandong province, Hebei province and Henan province. Jars with a streaked 'hare's fur' type glaze such as is on the present lot appear to be rare; most jars of this type and form have thick lustrous black, blue-black or even deep brown glazes.
See Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995-1996, Exhbition Catalogue, pp.176 and 177 for a discussion on these wares, and no.61 for the example in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Janos Szekeres, which is slightly larger than the present lot. Another jar of this larger size is in the Freer Gallery of Art, The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol.9, colour pl.68. For examples of similar or slightly smaller size, see the jar in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by M. Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl.109B; another is illustrated by S. Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1992, no.34; Hayashiya and Hasebe, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1966, p.61, fig.93; and J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979, pl.53k for the Malcolm Collection example. Several examples are recorded in Japanese Museums and Collections, including Mayuyama, Idemitsu and Matsuoka.
A jar of similar proportions and size to the present lot from The Frederick M. Mayer Collection, which was excavated at Jinghe Xian, Hebei Province, and exhibited, The Art of Southern Sung China, Asia House, New York, 1962, Catalogue no.100, was sold in these Rooms, 24 and 25 June 1974, lot 51; it was subsequently illustrated by A. du Boulay, op.cit., 1984, p.82, fig.1. Another, from the Scheinman Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 23 March 1995, lot 76. A further example from the Su Lin An Collection, was sold in Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 306.
See Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995-1996, Exhbition Catalogue, pp.176 and 177 for a discussion on these wares, and no.61 for the example in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Janos Szekeres, which is slightly larger than the present lot. Another jar of this larger size is in the Freer Gallery of Art, The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol.9, colour pl.68. For examples of similar or slightly smaller size, see the jar in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by M. Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl.109B; another is illustrated by S. Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1992, no.34; Hayashiya and Hasebe, Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1966, p.61, fig.93; and J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, London, 1979, pl.53k for the Malcolm Collection example. Several examples are recorded in Japanese Museums and Collections, including Mayuyama, Idemitsu and Matsuoka.
A jar of similar proportions and size to the present lot from The Frederick M. Mayer Collection, which was excavated at Jinghe Xian, Hebei Province, and exhibited, The Art of Southern Sung China, Asia House, New York, 1962, Catalogue no.100, was sold in these Rooms, 24 and 25 June 1974, lot 51; it was subsequently illustrated by A. du Boulay, op.cit., 1984, p.82, fig.1. Another, from the Scheinman Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 23 March 1995, lot 76. A further example from the Su Lin An Collection, was sold in Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 306.