9th Mar, 2023 13:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 73
 

73

A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO TRUNCATED MEIPING, TULUPING, NORTHERN SONG OR JIN DYNASTY
北宋或金代罕見磁州窯黑彩花卉吐嚕瓶

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Published: Song Ceramics, the Eight Kiln Groups at a Glance, Examples from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 2008, page 166.

China, 11th-12th century. The high-shouldered body surmounted by a short narrow neck and outwardly curved rim, finely decorated in a cut-slip technique through the outer dark-brown layer of the slip to the white layer underneath and covered overall in a clear pale-crackled glaze. The body encircled by foliate motifs and interlinked diapered ‘cash’ designs against a vertically striped ground, framed by key-fret bands, all below a band of overlapping lotus petals. The mouth left in white slip, the unglazed base revealing the smooth pale gray ware.

Provenance: The Jiyuanshanfang Collection. Currently housed on New York’s Upper East Side and originally founded upon an old family collection, a comprehensive catalog of the Jiyuanshanfang collection titled “Song Ceramics: The Eight Kiln Groups” was published in 2008 with a foreword written by Li Zhiyan, Research Fellow at the Beijing Palace Museum. Another contributor to this catalog was Martin Lorber, formerly Director of Sotheby’s New York. Jiyuanshanfang’s first exhibition was held in 2012 at the Morris Museum in New Jersey. In 2015, Jiyuanshanfang lent early Chinese ceramics to a large-scale exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida, titled “High Tea: Glorious Manifestations – East and West”.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age and with expected old wear, shallow surface scratches, some firing irregularities, glaze flakes, minor chips to foot.

Weight: 842.5 g
Dimensions: Height 15.2 cm

Some of the most attractive Cizhou wares are those made by various kilns in northern China with designs reserved in black against a white ground. The complicated technique used to create the striking decoration in contrasting colors seen on the present piece is known by the Italian term sgraffiato, literally ‘scratched’. It first appeared around the late eleventh century, and was created through the application of contrasting layers of slip or glaze. On the present truncated bottle, a layer of dark brown, almost black slip was applied over white slip, which was later carefully incised to create decorative patterns by revealing the pristine white layer beneath, and then finally covered by a layer of clear glaze. This labor-intensive and time-consuming technique adds a sense of opulence and luxury to the stoneware.

The vase is also notable for its well-proportioned form, with small mouth, broad shoulder and wide base, which is known as ‘tuluping’ or ‘truncated meiping’. This form, which was produced at many northern kilns, is closely related to the taller meiping, a quintessential Song shape, but enjoyed a much shorter period of production. It was produced for only about a hundred years during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, leaving behind a relatively small number of extant examples.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 2021, lot 123
Estimate: USD 200,000 or approx. EUR 212,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A superb black-glazed 'Cizhou' sgraffiato 'peony' 'tulu' vase, Northern Song / Jin dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form and sgraffiato decoration. Note the significantly larger size (23 cm).

Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2018, lot 508
Price: USD 200,000 or approx. EUR 229,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare cizhou sgraffiato deep bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related sgraffiato decoration with similar ‘cash’ patterns. Note the different form.



北宋或金代罕見磁州窯黑彩花卉吐嚕瓶

中國,十一至十二世紀。短頸口外斜,豐肩寬腹,造型簡約;瓶上黑畫紋飾則是以黑彩於白色化妝土上手繪花卉紋;整體覆蓋了透明的淺色裂紋釉。底足露胎,可見淺灰色胎。

出版: 《宋瓷八大窯系一覽——吉緣山房藏品》,美國加州,2008年,頁166。
來源:吉緣山房收藏;美國知名私人收藏購於上述收藏。吉緣山房收藏坐落於紐約上東區,最初建立在一個古老的家庭收藏基礎之上。曾出版過《宋瓷八大窯系一覽——吉緣山房藏品》(美國加州,2008年)一書,北京故宮博物院李知宴做前言 。此畫冊的另一作者為Martin Lorber,紐約蘇富比前經理。吉緣山房收藏的第一個展覽是2012年年在新澤西Morris Museum;2015年年年吉緣山房曾給佛羅裡達Norton Museum of Art出借過一批中國早期瓷器參加“High Tea: Glorious Manifestations – East and West” 展覽。
品相:品相極好,有磨損、表面淺劃痕,一些燒製不規則、釉面剝落、足部輕微缺口。

重量:842.5 克
尺寸:高15.2 厘米

磁州窯來自中國北方,其特徵為在白色化妝土上彩繪。以義大利語 sgraffiato 為名,意為“劃痕”,這件作品採用複雜的技術來打造醒目的對比色裝飾。這種技法出現於十一世紀後期,通過應用對比鮮明的泥漿或釉層。在這件矮梅瓶上,在白色化妝土上塗了一層深棕色、幾乎是黑色的釉,小心地切割,露出白色層,形成裝飾圖案,最後覆蓋一層透明釉。這種勞動密集型且耗時的技術為炻器增添了富麗堂皇的感覺。

此瓶亦以器形勻稱,小口,寬肩,寬底而著稱,俗稱“吐嚕瓶”或“矮梅瓶”。此器多產於北方,與較高的梅瓶密切相關,是典型的宋器,但生產時間較短。它在十一至十二世紀僅生產了大約一百年,留下了相對較少的現存例子。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約蘇富比,2021年3月17日,lot 123
估價:USD 200,000(相當於今日EUR 212,000
描述:北宋 / 金磁州窰黑釉劃牡丹紋小口瓶
專家評論:比較相近的外形和黑畫紋飾。請注意尺寸大較多 (23 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2018年3月22日,lot 508
價格:USD 200,000(相當於今日EUR 229,000
描述:北宋 / 金磁州窰黑釉劃牡丹紋小口杯
專家評論:比較相近黑畫紋飾。請注意不同的外形。

 

Published: Song Ceramics, the Eight Kiln Groups at a Glance, Examples from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 2008, page 166.

China, 11th-12th century. The high-shouldered body surmounted by a short narrow neck and outwardly curved rim, finely decorated in a cut-slip technique through the outer dark-brown layer of the slip to the white layer underneath and covered overall in a clear pale-crackled glaze. The body encircled by foliate motifs and interlinked diapered ‘cash’ designs against a vertically striped ground, framed by key-fret bands, all below a band of overlapping lotus petals. The mouth left in white slip, the unglazed base revealing the smooth pale gray ware.

Provenance: The Jiyuanshanfang Collection. Currently housed on New York’s Upper East Side and originally founded upon an old family collection, a comprehensive catalog of the Jiyuanshanfang collection titled “Song Ceramics: The Eight Kiln Groups” was published in 2008 with a foreword written by Li Zhiyan, Research Fellow at the Beijing Palace Museum. Another contributor to this catalog was Martin Lorber, formerly Director of Sotheby’s New York. Jiyuanshanfang’s first exhibition was held in 2012 at the Morris Museum in New Jersey. In 2015, Jiyuanshanfang lent early Chinese ceramics to a large-scale exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida, titled “High Tea: Glorious Manifestations – East and West”.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age and with expected old wear, shallow surface scratches, some firing irregularities, glaze flakes, minor chips to foot.

Weight: 842.5 g
Dimensions: Height 15.2 cm

Some of the most attractive Cizhou wares are those made by various kilns in northern China with designs reserved in black against a white ground. The complicated technique used to create the striking decoration in contrasting colors seen on the present piece is known by the Italian term sgraffiato, literally ‘scratched’. It first appeared around the late eleventh century, and was created through the application of contrasting layers of slip or glaze. On the present truncated bottle, a layer of dark brown, almost black slip was applied over white slip, which was later carefully incised to create decorative patterns by revealing the pristine white layer beneath, and then finally covered by a layer of clear glaze. This labor-intensive and time-consuming technique adds a sense of opulence and luxury to the stoneware.

The vase is also notable for its well-proportioned form, with small mouth, broad shoulder and wide base, which is known as ‘tuluping’ or ‘truncated meiping’. This form, which was produced at many northern kilns, is closely related to the taller meiping, a quintessential Song shape, but enjoyed a much shorter period of production. It was produced for only about a hundred years during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, leaving behind a relatively small number of extant examples.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 2021, lot 123
Estimate: USD 200,000 or approx. EUR 212,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A superb black-glazed 'Cizhou' sgraffiato 'peony' 'tulu' vase, Northern Song / Jin dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form and sgraffiato decoration. Note the significantly larger size (23 cm).

Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2018, lot 508
Price: USD 200,000 or approx. EUR 229,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare cizhou sgraffiato deep bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related sgraffiato decoration with similar ‘cash’ patterns. Note the different form.



北宋或金代罕見磁州窯黑彩花卉吐嚕瓶

中國,十一至十二世紀。短頸口外斜,豐肩寬腹,造型簡約;瓶上黑畫紋飾則是以黑彩於白色化妝土上手繪花卉紋;整體覆蓋了透明的淺色裂紋釉。底足露胎,可見淺灰色胎。

出版: 《宋瓷八大窯系一覽——吉緣山房藏品》,美國加州,2008年,頁166。
來源:吉緣山房收藏;美國知名私人收藏購於上述收藏。吉緣山房收藏坐落於紐約上東區,最初建立在一個古老的家庭收藏基礎之上。曾出版過《宋瓷八大窯系一覽——吉緣山房藏品》(美國加州,2008年)一書,北京故宮博物院李知宴做前言 。此畫冊的另一作者為Martin Lorber,紐約蘇富比前經理。吉緣山房收藏的第一個展覽是2012年年在新澤西Morris Museum;2015年年年吉緣山房曾給佛羅裡達Norton Museum of Art出借過一批中國早期瓷器參加“High Tea: Glorious Manifestations – East and West” 展覽。
品相:品相極好,有磨損、表面淺劃痕,一些燒製不規則、釉面剝落、足部輕微缺口。

重量:842.5 克
尺寸:高15.2 厘米

磁州窯來自中國北方,其特徵為在白色化妝土上彩繪。以義大利語 sgraffiato 為名,意為“劃痕”,這件作品採用複雜的技術來打造醒目的對比色裝飾。這種技法出現於十一世紀後期,通過應用對比鮮明的泥漿或釉層。在這件矮梅瓶上,在白色化妝土上塗了一層深棕色、幾乎是黑色的釉,小心地切割,露出白色層,形成裝飾圖案,最後覆蓋一層透明釉。這種勞動密集型且耗時的技術為炻器增添了富麗堂皇的感覺。

此瓶亦以器形勻稱,小口,寬肩,寬底而著稱,俗稱“吐嚕瓶”或“矮梅瓶”。此器多產於北方,與較高的梅瓶密切相關,是典型的宋器,但生產時間較短。它在十一至十二世紀僅生產了大約一百年,留下了相對較少的現存例子。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約蘇富比,2021年3月17日,lot 123
估價:USD 200,000(相當於今日EUR 212,000
描述:北宋 / 金磁州窰黑釉劃牡丹紋小口瓶
專家評論:比較相近的外形和黑畫紋飾。請注意尺寸大較多 (23 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2018年3月22日,lot 508
價格:USD 200,000(相當於今日EUR 229,000
描述:北宋 / 金磁州窰黑釉劃牡丹紋小口杯
專家評論:比較相近黑畫紋飾。請注意不同的外形。

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