Continued from Chinese Pottery and Stoneware Early Tz’u-chou Part I
Black and White Pillow t'zu-chen
Foliated shape with lobed sides; dense light buff Tz'u-chou ware with pale ivory-white glaze and brownish-black decoration. The lanceolated upper panel sustaining a flying duck bearing a stem of grain in its beak, while the edges are finished with a leaf bordering followed by conventional leafy scrolls on its sides.
Sung dynasty, 960-1279, A.D.
Height, 5 inches; length, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.
Large Black and White Fish Bowl yu kang
Semi-globular shape with short foot. Light buff Tz'u-chou ware, with uniform soft lustred ivory-white and crackle glazing; the exterior presenting two black and brown painted bullhead fish, alternately with two plant sprays. The plainly glazed interior sustains an annular biscuit ring while the rim is finished with a striate band.
Yuan dynasty, 1280-1367 A.D.
Height, 6 1/4 inches; diameter, 10 1/2 inches.
Early Sung Decorated Vase Hua-P'ing
Tapering cylindric shape with short contracted neck and four loop handles; fashioned after an ancient bronze vessel. Dark greyish toned Tz'u-chou stoneware, covered with a mottled ashen-grey crackle glazing. The painting in russet-brown and black presenting an aged personage in court robes, surrounded by scroll and floral ornament; some exfoliations appear in the decoration from age.
Sung dynasty; 960-1279, A.D.
Height, 10 1/2 inches; diameter, 8 inches.
Engraved Brown T'zu-chou Vase hua-p'ing
Graceful curving cylindrical shape with attenuated neck and flaring lip. Buff toned Tz'u-chou stoneware with brown surface glazing and etched ornament in graffiato style, presenting large peony flowers amid bold leafy scrolls, flanked above and below by striate bands.
Sung dynasty, 960-1279, A.D.
Height, 11 1/4 inches; diameter, 5 3/4 inches.
Continued: Chinese Pottery and Stoneware Early Tz’u-chou Part III
