Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An especially rare and interesting tall "Tz'u-Chou" (Cizhou) vase
Of meiping-form. The long neck, broad shoulders and tapering lower body covered in white slip and fine glaze. Flower patterns delicately painted in a dark green-brown between triple band borders. The flared foot unglazed decorated in a spiral pattern with a thick brown band.
Height: 32cm
Style of: Estimated Yuan (1279 – 1368) OXFORD Authentification states 'date of last firing less than 150 years ago' (Sample No C118g88)
This type of vase called meiping or cherry blossom vases actual earlier use was as a wine jug instead of a lower vase. Makes dating the vase complicated. The many purplish marks in the white slip and crackled fine glaze originate from the thin layer of hematite, that have become visible through the Fine white slip layer due to the imperfect baking
M.Medley, The Chinese Potter, pg.124, fig.87 and pg.128, 130, fig.92. State-museum Den Haag guide, Chinese Ceramiek, no 118 and 119. Sotheby's London 20th June 2001, lot 55 and 57. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/31411676_a-cizhou-meiping-form-vase-china-song-dynasty. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21702/lot/317/
Of meiping-form. The long neck, broad shoulders and tapering lower body covered in white slip and fine glaze. Flower patterns delicately painted in a dark green-brown between triple band borders. The flared foot unglazed decorated in a spiral pattern with a thick brown band.
Height: 32cm
Style of: Estimated Yuan (1279 – 1368) OXFORD Authentification states 'date of last firing less than 150 years ago' (Sample No C118g88)
This type of vase called meiping or cherry blossom vases actual earlier use was as a wine jug instead of a lower vase. Makes dating the vase complicated. The many purplish marks in the white slip and crackled fine glaze originate from the thin layer of hematite, that have become visible through the Fine white slip layer due to the imperfect baking
M.Medley, The Chinese Potter, pg.124, fig.87 and pg.128, 130, fig.92. State-museum Den Haag guide, Chinese Ceramiek, no 118 and 119. Sotheby's London 20th June 2001, lot 55 and 57. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/31411676_a-cizhou-meiping-form-vase-china-song-dynasty. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21702/lot/317/