A Cizhou hemispherical bowl. 11th-12th century and a Cizhou-type lobed jar with wide rim. Northern Song or Jin dynasty, 12th century. Estimate: €1.500 - €2.000 & €3.000 - €4.000. Photo courtesy Lempertz 1845

A hemispherical Cizhou bowl on a high splayed food, covered with a white slip under a transparent crackled glaze except for the foot revealing the buff stoneware body. Five spur marks to the interior. Small restorations to rim. Diameter 20.5 cm

Provenance:  Collection Senta Wollheim, no. SW OA 80

A Cizhou-type lobed jar with wide rim, covered with a viscous white slip under a clear, partly crazed glaze, dripping unevenly above the unglazed foot revealing the light stoneware body. One crack. Height 7.6 cm

Provenance:  Collection Senta Wollheim, Nr. SW OA 198

Literature: Compare a nearly identical jar in: Jian Huo, Feuer & Erde, Chinesische Frühkeramik (3500 v. Chr.–1400), exhib. cat., Cologne, 2008, no. 130

Lempertz 1845. Asian Art, 06.03.2015, 10:00, Cologne