Two Jizhou ceramics, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2008
Lot 549. A small Jizhou painted jar, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 10th-14th century; 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price realised USD 1,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.
The tapering rounded sides painted in brown on a white slip under a clear glaze with two foliate sprays separated by insects, within brown line borders, that on the shoulder applied in white slip with dots, with further lines encircling the neck below the everted rim, the interior covered in a brown glaze which continues onto the rim.
Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 22 October 1971.
Collection of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., New York.
Lot 551. A rare painted Jizhou ovoid vase, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 34,600. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.
Loosely painted in brown with a bird perched on a flowering branch on one side, the reverse with a large banana tree emerging from behind a jagged rock, with butterflies between, with incised details, all under a clear glaze.
Provenance: Acquired 1920-1948.
Note: A similarly decorated brown-painted jizhou vase of high-shouldered form, also dated to the Southern Song or Yuan dynasties, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 519. See, also, the example of similar size and decoration illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 387, no. 175.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics And Works Of Art, New York, 19 March 2008.