J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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The Gordon Collection:
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
March 12 - April 4, 2009
49.
A LARGE PAINTED CIZHOU POTTERY JAR
Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1279-1368)
of stoutly potted ovoid form, with wide shoulders and steeply rounded sides tapering sharply down to a broad ring foot enclosing a countersunk base, painted on either side in dark inky-brown over white slip with a songbird perched amidst leafy canes of bamboo, with the long pointed leaves each drawn in a single quick brush stroke, framed by a double-line border below and two triple-line borders flanking a dotted band around the top of the shoulders, the short upright mouth rim applied with a dark olive-brown glaze continuing over the grooved interior, the glaze on the exterior stopping short of the foot revealing the coarse buff ware burnt tan-brown in the firing.
Height 12 1⁄8 inches (30.8 cm)
Formerly in the Collection of Frederick Knight, Amsterdam
A similar large Cizhou pottery jar painted with a single songbird amidst bamboo is illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Three (II), London, 2006, no. 1546, pp. 550-551.
元 磁州白地褐彩大罐 高 30.8 厘米
