A 'CIZHOU'-TYPE WHITE-GLAZED EWER AND COVER SONG DYNASTY

the ovoid body rising to a sloping shoulder set with a slender curved spout opposite a high looped strap handle and a narrow cylindrical neck, the rounded body deftly carved with two leafing peony flowers, the straight-sided cover with a stepped and domed knop, the exterior covered with a creamy-white translucent glaze pooling to a darker tone within the recesses and finishing unevenly above the unglazed and slightly spreading foot (2)
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm

Provenance:
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc. no. 1924.317a-b).