Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 567
A CHINESE BLACK GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £450
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Description
A CHINESE BLACK GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
SONG DYNASTY 960-1279
The plain body with four concentric bands to the shoulder, decorated with a thick viscous black glaze and freely painted with an iron-oxide floral spray, 27.5cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Dr J S Gordon.
Cf. M Tregear, Song Ceramics, pp.46-47, no.27 and pp.196-197, no.267 for very similar examples of black glazed bottles in a private collection and in the collection of the British Museum.