A SONG STYLE WHITE CIZHOU VASE
China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) or earlier. The finely potted body of oval form, the shoulders rising to a slender elongated neck surmounted by a flaring cupped mouth and supported on a slightly splayed foot, the exterior applied with a white slip, skillfully carved through the white slip to the buff-colored body with a broad frieze enclosing blossoming peonies issuing from curling leafy scrolls, between two bands of lappets around the foot and neck, all beneath a translucent milky glaze.

Condition: Excellent condition with minor firing flaws.
Provenance: British private collection.

Weight: 1558 g
Dimensions: Height 31.3 cm

Auction comparison: Compare a related vase, dated to the Jin Dynasty, at Sotheby's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 17 September 2013, lot 80, sold for 11,875 USD.