TWO INSCRIBED CIZHOU WARES
JIN TO YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
£504
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 16 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
金至元代 磁州窯白釉褐彩'富貴長命'小梅瓶 及 '招財利市'碗 (共兩件)
both painted with brown on a white slip, the vase of meiping form, inscribed on the upper body with four Chinese characters reading fugui changming (wish you wealth and long life) between two bands; the bowl with its interior inscribed with four characters reading zhaocai lishi (ushering in wealth and prosperity) within double circles
Dimensions
the vase: 17.5cm high; the bowl: 15.6cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection
Footnote
Note: A comparable Cizhou red-and-green-enamelled bowl inscribed with the same characters, dated to the Jin dynasty, was offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18 Oct 2022, lot 628; a larger meiping painted with brown on a white slip, inscribed with four-character qinggu meijiu (delicious wine), was sold at Beijing Poly, 18 December 2017, lot 5137