Olivia Xu
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Lot 74
A LARGE CIZHOU 'PHOENIX' JAR Yuan/Ming Dynasty
16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,240 inc. premium
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Edward Luper
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A LARGE CIZHOU 'PHOENIX' JAR
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Of globular form rising to broad shoulders and a short neck, the stoneware body painted with a cream slip, painted in brown with two large quatrefoil panels enclosing two phoenixes in flight amidst clouds, the shoulder painted with a broad floral band and a band of geometric pattern, the interior painted with a brown slip, the recessed foot unglazed, with fitted case. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) high. (2).
Of globular form rising to broad shoulders and a short neck, the stoneware body painted with a cream slip, painted in brown with two large quatrefoil panels enclosing two phoenixes in flight amidst clouds, the shoulder painted with a broad floral band and a band of geometric pattern, the interior painted with a brown slip, the recessed foot unglazed, with fitted case. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) high. (2).
Footnotes
元/明 磁州窯白地黑花鳳紋大罐
Provenance: Brian McElney OBE (1932-2023), Bath
來源：大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人麥雅理(1932-2023)，巴斯
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.P123b85 dated 31 March 2023, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號P123b85（2023年3月31日），結果與其斷代相符
The present jar is typical of the robust qualities of Yuan dynasty Cizhou wares. The dynamic designs exhibit powerful and free-moving brushwork. Compare with a similar painted Cizhou 'dragon and phoenix' jar, Yuan dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc.no.新00155616). See also a related Cizhou jar, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1989, pl.139, p.144.
Compare also with a similar large painted Cizhou 'dragon and phoenix' jar, Yuan/Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2019, lot 642.
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