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795

A PAINTED Cizhou VASE, probably Song-Yuan Dynasty. Piriform  with flaring neck and everted rim. Decorated with peony motifs and the body and neck with linear banding. Height 9.75 inches (24.5 cm). Estimate $500-$750 Provenance: Warren E. Cox LITERATURE:  Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. I, Crown Publishers, New York, 1970, page 198 plate 369, illustrated

796

A PAIR OF GLAZED CERAMIC VASES, Song Dynasty or later, including a Cizhou ware   high-shouldered bottle vase with short, flaring neck. The sides with leaf designs probably made by Height 7.75 inches (19.5 cm).  Together with a Piriform vase with flaring neck covered with a thick olive green celadon glaze with a row of abstract motifs in scrafitto revealing a dark red stoneware body.  Height 7.25 inches (18.4 cm).  Estimate $400-600 Provenance: Warren E. Cox LITERATURE:  Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. I, Crown Publishers, New York, 1970, page 210 figure 396, illustrated (Cizhou ware vase only)

797

A Bai ding SAUCER, SONG DYNASTY, of fluted petal-form. Diameter 4 inches, 10.5 cm.  Estimate $400-$600