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2 septembre 2019

A 'Cizhou' sancai-glazed 'peony' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234) 

A 'Cizhou' sancai-glazed 'peony' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234) 

Lot 692. A 'Cizhou' sancai-glazed 'peony' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Length 11 1/2  in., 29.4 cmEstimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot Sold 13,750 USD. © Sotheby's.

of bean shape, the slightly concave top deftly incised with a luxuriant amber-glazed peony blossom borne on a green-glazed leafing stem amidst dense foliage on a creamy-white ground, enclosed by an amber-colored triple-line border and a green-glazed outer band of freely incised foliate motifs, the glaze continuing down the sides carved with a band of stylized foliage within multi-line borders and stopping unevenly above the unglazed base.

Provenance: Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc. no. 1924.300).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019

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