A CARVED CIZHOU JAR NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY

A CARVED CIZHOU JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY
The globular body is carved through the white slip with three leaping deer on a ring-punched ground interspersed with stylized clouds and flame motifs, all above a band of overlapping petals above the foot. The incised decoration has been infilled with a reddish-brown pigment and the jar is covered overall with a clear glaze.
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) wide

Provenance
Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, 2000.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3185.