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A RARE BLACK-GLAZED VASE NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY |
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Ceramics
- Height 10 3/4 in., 27.4 cm
the globular body rising from a high splayed foot to a tall ringed neck flaring to a floret rim with five downturned edges, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze, save for the hollow base left unglazed to reveal the buff-colored stoneware body
Provenance
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1989.
Condition
Two lobes at the rim with restoration. Consolidant applied near the two lute lines, likely to stabilize the glaze.
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 statement made by Sotheby'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 statement made by Sotheby'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
Compare a related black-glazed vase of similar shape but larger in size, sold in these rooms, 4th June 1986, lot 84; and another of a smaller size, with a plain neck and vertical ribs around the body, sold in our London rooms, 18th June 1985, lot 52.
Vases of this shape also exist in other types of wares. For example, see a Cizhou painted vase, sold in our London rooms, 9th December 1986, lot 97; a Jin dynasty sancai-glazed vase, in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, included in Special Exhibition. Charm of Black & White Ware; Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, cat. no. 114; and lastly, a massive sgraffiato vase, with a pair of handles to the ringed neck and an inscription to the splayed foot, illustrated in Anthony du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, pl. 7.
Vases of this shape also exist in other types of wares. For example, see a Cizhou painted vase, sold in our London rooms, 9th December 1986, lot 97; a Jin dynasty sancai-glazed vase, in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, included in Special Exhibition. Charm of Black & White Ware; Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, cat. no. 114; and lastly, a massive sgraffiato vase, with a pair of handles to the ringed neck and an inscription to the splayed foot, illustrated in Anthony du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, pl. 7.