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Lot 9*

A Ding-type white-glazed pear-shaped vase
12th/13th century

17 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£40,000 - £60,000

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A Ding-type white-glazed pear-shaped vase

12th/13th century
The elegant pear-shaped body rising from a short splayed foot to a tall flaring neck with an everted rim, covered overall with a smooth creamy white glaze except the foot ring and base to reveal the white body, calligraphic collector's mark on the base, fitted box. 23cm (9 1/8in) high. (2).

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十二/十三世紀 定窯系白釉膽瓶

Provenance: acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 18 June 2002, no.2071
The Reid Collection

來源:
於2002年6月18日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis,編號2071
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Compare a white-glazed long necked bottle vase, Jin dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1992, p.36, no.25. See also another example in the British Museum is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.5, Tokyo, 1981, no.55.

A similar white-glazed long-necked bottle vase, Jin dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 530.

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