CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / SONG DYNASTY STYLE)
LARGE CIZHOU-TYPE SGRAFFITO SLIP-DECORATED STONEWARE YUHUCHUNPING VASE
THE BULBOUS PEAR-SHAPED BODY RISING TO A TALL TRUMPET NECK, DECORATED IN THE NORTHERN SONG REVIVAL STYLE WITH A WHITE SLIP GROUND
THE SLIP INCISED (SGRAFFITO) WITH A LARGE MYTHICAL BEAST (QILIN OR LION) AMIDST AUSPICIOUS CLOUDS AND STYLIZED WAVES, REVEALING THE DARKER CLAY BODY BENEATH
THE NECK AND LOWER BODY BOUNDED BY BANDING WITH CARVED OVERLAPPING LOTUS LAPPETS OR PETALS
RESTING ON A STOUT, UNGLAZED FOOTRIM EXPOSING THE BUFF-COLORED STONEWARE
APPROX. 18.5 IN HIGH
CHINESE CIZHOU-STYLE SGRAFFITO STONEWARE VASE
CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / SONG DYNASTY STYLE) LARGE CIZHOU-TYPE SGRAFFITO SLIP-DECORATED STONEWARE YUHUCHUNPING VASE THE BULBOUS PEAR-SHAPED BODY RISING TO A TALL TRUMPET NECK, DECORATED IN THE NORTHERN SONG REVIVAL STYLE WITH A WHITE SLIP GROUND THE SLIP INCISED (SGRAFFITO) WITH A LARGE MYTHICAL BEAST (QILIN OR LION) AMIDST AUSPICIOUS CLOUDS AND STYLIZED WAVES,…