A globular Cizhou jar. Northern Song dynasty, 11th/12th century - image-1

Lot 878 Dα

A globular Cizhou jar. Northern Song dynasty, 11th/12th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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A globular Cizhou jar. Northern Song dynasty, 11th/12th century

A globular jar with wide rim, rounded lip, and everted foot-rim, the exterior decorated with incised lotus petals in white slip under a clear glaze. Two chips to footrim.
Height 7.3 cm

Provenance

Collection Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sweden (paper label CK 275)
R & G McPhearson, Antiques, London
Collection Wolfgang Nolting, Rhineland-Palatinate (paper label: Wolfgang Nolting PC 18.9), purchased on 27.7.2003 from the above dealer and sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 13./14.6.2014, lot 495
Private collection, Rhineland, acquired at the above auction

Literature

a) Published in: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, no. 275