Lot 672 | STONEWARE OVOIDE VASE WITH FLOWER ORNAMENTATION

STONEWARE OVOIDE VASE WITH FLOWER ORNAMENTATION.

Origin: China.
Dynasty: Northern Sung dynasty.
Date: 11th-12th c.
Technique: Stoneware with slip-painted decoration.
Description: Ovoid body with a short, strongly indented neck, the rim flared. The sides decorated with
cream-coloured slip painting, the intertwined decor with peonies and leafy vines in three
large oval cartouches having been cut away before firing.
Measurement: Height 32,5cm.
Some minor restorations in the area of the cartouches.


Provenance:
- Victor Hauge collection, Falls Church, Virginia.
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired at Eskenazi Ltd., Oriental Art, London 2009.

Exhibitions:
London, Eskenazi, November 2003.

Expert opinion:
Thermoluminescence Report No. 02B180324, Laboratory Kotalla from the year 2024 available in the original. The dating corresponds to the result of the thermoluminescence test.

Published:
- Fujio Koyama: 'Hsiu Wu Ceramic Kilns in the Northern Sung Dynasty, China', The Bijutsu-Kenkyu (The Journal of Art Studies), vol.VI, no.CLXI, The Institute of Art Research, Tokyo, 1950, pp.1-2 and plate V (left).
- Fujio Koyama (ed.): Sekai toji zenshu (Ceramic Art of the World), vol.10, Tokyo, 1955, plate 110.
- Eskenazi: Song: Chinese Ceramics, 10th to 13th Century, London, 2003 No.15.