A painted Cizhou meiping vase. Yuan-/early Ming dynasty
A painted Cizhou meiping vase. Yuan-/early Ming dynasty
The narrow lower body sweeping to a broad shoulder and rising to an upright short cylindrical neck, covered overall with a creamy-ivory slip stopping above the foot revealing the gray body, and painted in blackish brown with cranes between pine trees, all between scrolling flowers and under a clear glaze. To the base an inscription in black: Jihao ... Xizhou (possibly referring to the minister of rituals Zhang Rongduan who lived in Fuyang, now Cizhou, in the 17th century). Neck polished.
Height 24 cm
元 / 明初 磁州窯白地黑彩繪鶴紋罐
「記號口希周」
來源：德國黑森私人收藏
倫佩茨拍賣，科隆，2007年12月7/8日，拍品編號 914
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An inventory number in red to the base: 586316
Lempertz, Cologne, 7/8.12.2007, lot 914
Private collection, Hesse
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A painted Cizhou meiping vase. Yuan-/early Ming dynasty
The narrow lower body sweeping to a broad shoulder and rising to an upright short cylindrical neck, covered overall with a creamy-ivory slip stopping above the foot revealing the gray body, and painted in blackish brown with cranes between pine trees, all between scrolling flowers and under a clear glaze. To the base an inscription in black: Jihao ... Xizhou (possibly referring to the minister of rituals Zhang Rongduan who lived in Fuyang, now Cizhou, in the 17th century). Neck polished.
Height 24 cm
元 / 明初 磁州窯白地黑彩繪鶴紋罐
「記號口希周」
來源：德國黑森私人收藏
倫佩茨拍賣，科隆，2007年12月7/8日，拍品編號 914
Provenance
An inventory number in red to the base: 586316
Lempertz, Cologne, 7/8.12.2007, lot 914
Private collection, Hesse
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Time, Location
Auction House
