A CIZHOU 'FLORAL' SGRAFFIATO VASE, YUHUCHUNPING, JIN DYNASTY China, 1115-1234. Rising from a short, splayed foot to a long trumped neck, the pear-shaped body is carved through the white slip to the pale beige-grey ground with a wide and narrow band of boldly incised floral scroll beneath the shoulder, separated and framed by thin lines.

Provenance: New York trade.
Condition: Very good condition with some old wear and firing flaws, including firing cracks, dark spots, glaze recesses and flakes, minuscule chips to the foot.

Weight: 1,478 g
Dimensions: Height 29.1 cm

Literature comparison:
Cizhou sgraffiato vases of this yuhuchunping shape with the decoration carved through a white slip rather than a dark brown glaze appear to be quite rare. Compare a vase, also with the decoration arranged in bands around the body and neck, illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no. 197.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 2 October 2017, lot 77
Price: HKD 87,500 or approx. EUR 12,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Cizhou Sgraffiato white-glazed 'floral' pear-shaped vase, Yuhuchunping, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, motif, glaze, incision work and size (32.3 cm)



金代磁州窯白釉剔刻花卉紋玉壺春瓶
中國，1115-1234年。撇口、細頸、垂腹、圈足，變化柔和的弧線。胎質灰褐，施白化妝土，紋飾部位則剔去白色化妝土，留下灰褐色的底色，描繪出花卉紋，紋飾簡潔，刀工流暢，釉質瑩潤。

來源：紐約古玩交易。
品相：狀況極好，有舊磨損、燒製缺陷，包括燒製裂紋、黑點、釉面凹陷和足部的微小磕損。

重量：1,478 克
尺寸：高29.1 厘米

文獻比較：
這種磁州窯玉壺春瓶，其裝飾由白滑石而不是深棕色釉來雕刻的，似乎相當罕見。比較一件玉壺春瓶，頸部和腹部都刻有帶狀裝飾，見《關氏所藏宋代陶瓷》，香港藝術博物館，1994年，編號197。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2017年10月2日，lot 77
價格：HKD 87,500（相當於今日EUR 12,000）
描述：金代磁州窯白釉刻花卉紋玉壺春瓶
專家評論：比較非常相近的外型、形制、釉面、雕刻和尺寸(32.3厘米)。