A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' JAR, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

A RARE CIZHOU SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' JAR
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The high-shouldered, tapering body is carved with a leafy, foliate scroll bearing three large peony blossoms above a band of upright petals around the foot, all in black slip on a white slip ground and covered with a clear glaze.
8 ¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Literature
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 128-129, no. 51.

Exhibited
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.