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NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 11TH-12TH CENTURY
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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU LAMP
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The lamp is potted with a wide rim carved with a leafy scroll on a 'fish-roe' ground, above the broad cup-shaped holder, carved with petals, which is raised on a spreading foot. The whole is covered in a crackled clear glaze over the white slip, stopping just above the splayed foot.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The lamp is potted with a wide rim carved with a leafy scroll on a 'fish-roe' ground, above the broad cup-shaped holder, carved with petals, which is raised on a spreading foot. The whole is covered in a crackled clear glaze over the white slip, stopping just above the splayed foot.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Frederick M. Mayer Collection.
The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art; Christie’s London, 24-25 June 1974, lot 46.
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, by 1987.
Mayuyama, Japan, 2011.
The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art; Christie’s London, 24-25 June 1974, lot 46.
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, by 1987.
Mayuyama, Japan, 2011.
Literature
Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 114.
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2012, no. 55.
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2012, no. 55.
Exhibited
New York, Kaikodo, 2012.
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