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A RARE 'JIZHOU' 'PLUM BLOSSOM DEER' MEIPING SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Estimate
220,000 - 240,000 USD
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Description
- porcelain
- Height: 8 7/16 inches, 21.5 cm
the elegantly potted ovoid body with broad rounded shoulders, finely decorated with a buff-tone glaze on a dark brown ground with concentric rows of resist technique discs resembling the markings on the Sika deer, all below a key-fret band at the short neck and dots at the rolled rim, the footring unglazed revealing the light buff body
Provenance
Replica Shoes
's New York, 12th June 1984, lot 197.
Sotheby's London, 9th November 2005, lot 225.
Sotheby's London, 9th November 2005, lot 225.
Condition
There is a diagonal firing crack along the interior of the mouth and neck. The surface with some minor glaze pulls, burst air bubbles and kiln adhesions.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any stat.mes nt made by Replica Shoes 's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any stat.mes nt made by Replica Shoes 's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The design on the present lot is thought to resemble the markings on the Sika deer, known in Chinese as meihua lu, plum blossom deer, because to the Chinese eye, the markings resemble plum blossoms.
A vase with this unusual decorative pattern to the glaze, but lacking the everted rim and key-fret band, was an important discovery among the Yuan dynasty hoard of ceramics in Yongxin county, Jiangxi province. Now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum collects ion, the vase is illustrated in Jizhou Kiln, Beijing, 2007, no. 26 and in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 10, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 162 and again in Ye Peilan, Yuandai ciqi, Beijing, 1998, pl. 533.
Compare a Jizhou vase of this shape and size and with similar spotted design but without the key-fret band around the short-waisted neck, sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 536.
A vase with this unusual decorative pattern to the glaze, but lacking the everted rim and key-fret band, was an important discovery among the Yuan dynasty hoard of ceramics in Yongxin county, Jiangxi province. Now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum collects ion, the vase is illustrated in Jizhou Kiln, Beijing, 2007, no. 26 and in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 10, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 162 and again in Ye Peilan, Yuandai ciqi, Beijing, 1998, pl. 533.
Compare a Jizhou vase of this shape and size and with similar spotted design but without the key-fret band around the short-waisted neck, sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 536.