Lot 165
165
AN UNUSUAL CALLIGRAPHY-INSCRIBED BROWN-GLAZED MEIPING
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AN UNUSUAL CALLIGRAPHY-INSCRIBED BROWN-GLAZED MEIPING

JIN/EARLY YUAN DYNASTY, LATE 13TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CALLIGRAPHY-INSCRIBED BROWN-GLAZED MEIPING
JIN/EARLY YUAN DYNASTY, LATE 13TH CENTURY
Of Cizhou type, the slender tapering ovoid body incised through the dark brown glaze to the buff body before firing with four registers of calligraphy within linear borders below the small spreading mouth, the inside of the foot also glazed.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high
Literature
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 1998, no. 69, pp. 202 and 280.

Lot Essay

Cizhou wares of this type were commonly used to hold wine, and the three registers of text incised in the 'cut-glaze' method on the present lot refer to specific songs and poems, the joys and efficacy of the 'golden cup', and perhaps most amusingly, a Confucian summation of the correct relationships, concluding 'when the son is filial, the father can relax', presumably with a cup of wine.

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