Lot description
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND LARGE CIZHOU WHITE-GLAZED SGRAFFIATO 'PEONY' VASE, MEIPING Northern Song Dynasty With tall rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to the high shoulders set with a slightly waisted neck and galleried rim, superbly and boldly carved through the white slip to the buff-coloured body with a foliate peony meander elegantly incised with detailed lines over three levels, all between elongated chrysanthemum lappets above the foot and around the shoulders, all beneath a translucent milky glaze, fitted box. 34.7cm high. (2).
