Étiquettes
jizhou, Jizhou resist-decorated 'double prunus' baluster vase, meiping, Southern Song dynasty
A fine and rare Jizhou resist-decorated ‘double prunus’ baluster vase, meiping, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate HK$ 400,000 – 600,000 (€41,000 – 61,000). Photo Bonhams.
The tapered ovoid body with high shoulders rising to a mouth rim with flaring lip, resist-decorated around the exterior on each side with a large prunus branch, with painted details in brown, all on a lustrous brown-black ground. 21cm high
Notes: The famous Jizhou kiln rose to prominence during the Song Dynasty and is especially celebrated for its diverse decorative techniques and lustrous black glaze, referred to by some Chinese scholars as ‘Tianmu’ glaze, or ‘Heavenly-eye’ glaze.
A very similar vase in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by Rose Kerr in Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.111, no.112. The author states that the branch of prunus blossoms would have been rendered by using a wax resist, allowing the unglazed body to show in contrast with the black-glazed ground. The flower stamens would then have been painted in glaze using a fine brush. Another related example in the Palace Museum Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2001, p.237, pl.217.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.P105u19 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
Bonhams. THE FENG WEN TANG COLLECTION OF EARLY CHINESE CERAMICS, 9 Oct 2014 10:00 HKT. HONG KONG, ADMIRALTY