A LARGE CIZHOU WHITE GLAZED BASIN

NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)

Details

A LARGE CIZHOU WHITE GLAZED BASIN
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The basin has thick, deep sides that rise to an outward canted rim, and is covered with white slip and a glaze of ivory tone that continues over the rim and ends in a slightly irregular line on the exterior above the unglazed lower body that tapers to the unglazed foot ring and unglazed base to expose the fine granular ware. The base is inscribed in black ink with a mostly illegible inscription.
11 ¼ in. (28.7 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York (according to label).

Lot Essay

Compare the nearly identical basin in the collection of the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi, Osaka, dated to the Northern Song Dynasty, 1120, illustrated in Charm of Black & White Wares; Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, p. 59, no. 1.

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