A CARVED CIZHOU SGRAFIATTO VASE, MEIPING NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)

A CARVED CIZHOU SGRAFIATTO VASE, MEIPING
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The tapering body is carved through the creamy-white slip to the pale-grey ground with a central band of geese and oversized leaves between two foliate scrolls above and a petal border below, all under a clear glaze.
14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) high, cloth box

Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3424.